All Political Activity Must Serve

Let Us Be Renewed By God's Mercy ... And Let Us Become Agents Of This Mercy, Channels Through Which God Can Water The Earth, Protect All Creation And Make Justice And Peace Flourish.

At This Time Of Crisis We Cannot Be Concerned Solely With Ourselves, Withdrawing Into Loneliness, Discouragement And A Sense Of Powerlessness In The Face Of Problems. Please Do Not Withdraw Into Yourselves! This Is A Danger: We Shut Ourselves Up In The Parish, With Our Friends, Within The Movement, With The Like-minded... But Do You Know What Happens? When The Church Becomes Closed, She Becomes An Ailing Church, She Falls Ill! That Is A Danger. . . .a Church Closed In On Herself Is The Same, A Sick Church.

The Roman Curia Has Its Defects, But It Seems To Me That People Often Overemphasize Its Defects And Talk Too Little About The Health Of The Many Religious And Laypeople Who Work There.

The Big Bang, Which Today We Hold To Be The Origin Of The World, Does Not Contradict The Intervention Of The Divine Creator But, Rather, Requires It.

The Crucifix Does Not Signify Defeat Or Failure. It Reveals To Us The Love That Overcomes Evil And Sin.