No Elderly Person Should Be

There Is So Much Noise In The World! May We Learn To Be Silent In Our Hearts And Before God.

This Happens Today: If The Investments In The Banks Fall Slightly... A Tragedy... What Can Be Done? But If People Die Of Hunger, If They Have Nothing Eat, If They Have Poor Health, It Does Not Matter! This Is Our Crisis Today!

The Philippines Bear Witness To The Youthfulness And Vitality Of The Church.

Some People Continue To Defend Trickle-down Theories Which Assume That Economic Growth, Encouraged By A Free Market, Will Inevitably Succeed In Bringing About Greater Justice And Inclusiveness In The World. This Opinion, Which Has Never Been Confirmed By The Facts, Expresses A Crude And Naive Trust In The Goodness Of Those Wielding Economic Power And In The Sacralized Workings Of The Prevailing Economic System.

This Visit Is Meant To Express My Closeness To Our Brothers And Sisters Who Endured The Suffering, Loss And Devastation Caused By Typhoon Yolanda. Together With Many People Throughout The World, I Have Admired The Heroic Strength, Faith And Resilience Demonstrated By So Many Filipinos In The Face Of This Natural Disaster, And So Many Others.