Today we are dismayed to see how in the Middle East and elsewhere in the world many of our brothers and sisters are persecuted, tortured and killed for their faith in Jesus, in this third world war, waged piecemeal, which we are now experiencing, a form of genocide is taking place, and it must end.

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The family is the greatest treasure of any country. Let us all work to protect and strengthen this, the cornerstone of society.

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Religious fundamentalism, even before it eliminates human beings by perpetrating horrendous killings, eliminates God himself, turning him into a mere ideological pretext.

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We are all sinners. But may the Lord not let us be hypocrites. Hypocrites don’t know the meaning of forgiveness, joy and the love of God.

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Religious life ought to promote growth in the Church by way of attraction. The Church must be attractive. Wake up the world! Be witnesses of a different way of doing things, of acting, of living! It is possible to live differently in this world.

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In our families we learn to love and to recognise the dignity of all, especially of the elderly

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If I repeated some passages from the homilies of the Church Fathers, in the second or third century, about how we must treat the poor, some would accuse me of giving a Marxist homily.

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The disciple of Jesus gives up all he has, all his goods, because he has found in him the greatest Good from which every other good receives its full value and meaning: family bonds, other relationships, work, cultural and economic goods and so on... The Christian detaches himself from everything and rediscovers all of it in the logic of the Gospel, the logic of love and service.

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God’s faithfulness is stronger than our unfaithfulness and our infidelities.

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Whenever our interior life becomes caught up in its own interests and concerns, there is no longer room for

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Jesus understands our weaknesses and sins; and he forgives us if we allow ourselves to be forgiven.

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Dear young people, Jesus wants to be your friend, and wants you to spread the joy of this friendship everywhere.

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A society which abandons children and the elderly severs its roots and darkens its future.

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The joy of the gospel fills the hearts and lives of all who encounter Jesus. Those who accept His offer of salvation are set free from sin, sorrow, inner emptiness, and loneliness. With Christ joy is constantly born anew.

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Every threat to the family is a threat to society itself.

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Have the courage "to swim against the tide". Have the courage to be happy.

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Dear young people, you have many plans and dreams for the future. But, is Christ at the center of each of your plans and dreams?

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The one thing that the Catholic Church desires, and that I seek as Bishop of Rome, “the Church which presides in charity”, is communion with the Orthodox Churches.

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What God cares about most is that we are His friends.

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To all people of good will who are working for social justice: never tire of working for a more just world, marked by greater solidarity!

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Our world is facing a refugee crisis of a magnitude not seen since the Second World War. This presents us with great challenges and many hard decisions.

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