I Invite All Christians, Everywhere, At This

Dear Young People, Put Your Talents At The Service Of The Gospel, With Creativity And Boundless Charity.

The Scourge Of Drug Trafficking, That Favors Violence And Sows The Seeds Of Suffering And Death, Requires Of Society As A Whole An Act Of Courage.

When I Confess A Couple Who Have Kids, A Married Couple, I Ask, 'how Many Children Do You Have?' Some Get Worried And Think The Priest Will Ask Why I Don't Have More. I Would Make A Second Question, 'do You Play With Your Children?' The Majority Say, 'but Father, I Have No Time. I Work All Day.'

I Have Decided To Proclaim For The Whole Church... A Day Of Fasting And Prayer For Peace In Syria, The Middle East, And Throughout The World, And I Also Invite Each Person, Including Our Fellow Christians, Followers Of Other Religions And All Men Of Good Will, To Participate, In Whatever Way They Can, In This Initiative.

The Church Is Or Should Go Back To Being A Community Of God's People, And Priests, Pastors And Bishops, Who Have The Care Of Souls, Are At The Service Of The People Of God.