The Earth, Our Home, Is Beginning To

The Cross Of Christ Bears The Suffering And The Sin Of Mankind, Including Our Own. Jesus Accepts All This With Open Arms, Bearing On His Shoulders Our Crosses And Saying To Us: 'have Courage! You Do Not Carry Your Cross Alone! I Carry It With You. I Have Overcome Death And I Have Come To Give You Hope, To Give You Life' (john 3:16).

Young People Are Just As Attracted To The Truth As They Are Convenience And Expediency.

We, The Women And Men Of The Church, We Are In The Middle Of A Love Story: Each Of Us Is A Link In This Chain Of Love. And If We Do Not Understand This, We Have Understood Nothing Of What The Church Is.

Giving Primacy To God Means Having The Courage To Say ‘no’ To Evil, ‘no’ To Violence, ‘no’ To Oppression, To Live A Life In Service Of Others And Which Fosters Lawfulness And The Common Good. When A Person Discovers God, The True Treasure, He Abandons A Selfish Lifestyle And Seeks To Share With Others The Charity Which Comes From God. He Who Becomes A Friend Of God, Loves His Brothers And Sisters, Commits Himself To Safeguarding Their Life And Their Health, And Also To Respecting The Environment And Nature.

The Imbalance Results From Ideologies Which Uphold The Absolute Autonomy Of Markets And Financial Speculation, And Thus Deny The Right Of Control To States, Which Are Themselves Charged With Providing For The Common Good.