In This Year Of Faith, We Pray

We Cannot Sleep Peacefully While Babies Are Dying Of Hunger And The Elderly Are Without Medical Assistance

I Don't Know How Things Stand In The Thinking Of The Italian Parliament. The Pope Doesn't Get Mixed Up In Italian Politics.

While New Rights Are Attributed To Or Indeed Almost Presumed By The Individual, Life Is Not Always Protected As The Primary Value And The Primordial Right Of Every Human Being. The Ultimate Aim Of Medicine Remains The Defence And Promotion Of Life.

Our Prayer Cannot Be Reduced To An Hour On Sundays. It Is Important To Have A Daily Relationship With The Lord.

Going Out To Others In Order To Reach The Fringes Of Humanity Does Not Mean Rushing Out Aimlessly Into The World. Often It Is Better Simply To Slow Down, To Put Aside Our Eagerness In Order To See And Listen To Others, To Stop Rushing From One Thing To Another And To Remain With Someone Who Has Faltered Along The Way.