Children Are To Be Welcomed,

The Worship Of The Golden Calf Of Old (cf. Ex 32:15-34) Has Found A New And Heartless Image In The Cult Of Money And The Dictatorship Of An Economy Which Is Faceless And Lacking Any Truly Humane Goal.

These Two Criteria Are Like The Pillars Of True Love: Deeds, And The Gift Of Self.

I Would Like That All Of Us, After These Days Of Grace, Might Have The Courage - The Courage - To Walk In The Presence Of The Lord, With The Cross Of The Lord: To Build The Church On The Blood Of The Lord, Which Is Shed On The Cross, And To Profess The One Glory, Christ Crucified. In This Way, The Church Will Go Forward.

Auschwitz Cries Out With The Pain Of Immense Suffering And Pleads For A Future Of Respect, Peace And Encounter Among Peoples.

Even Today We Raise Our Hand Against Our Brother... We Have Perfected Our Weapons, Our Conscience Has Fallen Asleep, And We Have Sharpened Our Ideas To Justify Ourselves As If It Were Normal We Continue To Sow Destruction, Pain, Death. Violence And War Lead Only To Death.