Dear Young People, Put Your Talents At

Love Makes Us Similar, It Creates Equality, It Breaks Down Walls And Eliminates Distances. God Did This With Us.

May The Santo Niño Continue To Bless The Philippines And May He Sustain The Christians Of This Great Nation In Their Vocation To Be Witnesses And Missionaries Of The Joy Of The Gospel, In Asia And In The Whole World.

The Earth, Our Home, Is Beginning To Look More And More Like An Immense Pile Of Filth. In Many Parts Of The Planet, The Elderly Lament That Once Beautiful Landscapes Are Now Covered With Rubbish.

The Great Challenge Facing Us Today Is To Learn Once Again How To Talk To One Another, Not Simply How To Generate And Consume Information. The Latter Is A Tendency Which Our Important And Influential Modern Communications Media Can Encourage. Information Is Important, But It Is Not Enough. All Too Often Things Get Simplified, Different Positions And Viewpoints Are Pitted Against One Another, And People Are Invited To Take Sides, Rather Than To See Things As A Whole.

In A World Like This, Media Can Help Us To Feel Closer To One Another, Creating A Sense Of Unity Of The Human Family Which Can In Turn Inspire Solidarity And Serious Efforts To Ensure A More Dignified Life For All.