The Family That Prays Together,

I Hurry To Express To You And Your Fellow Citizens My Profound Sorrow And My Closeness In Prayer For The Nation At This Dark And Tragic Moment.

I Sense That The Moment Has Come To Commit All Of The Church's Energies To A New Evangelization... No Believer In Christ, No Institution Of The Church Can Avoid This Supreme Duty: To Proclaim Christ To All Peoples.

There Is A Growing Threat To The Environment, To The Vegetation, Animals, Water And Air. Sacred Scripture Hands Us The Image Of Cain Who Rejects His Responsibility: 'am I My Brother's Keeper?' The Bible Shows The Human Person As His Brother's Keeper And The Guardian Of Creation Which Has Been Entrusted To Him.

Freedom Is Not The Ability To Do Anything We Want, Whenever We Want. Rather, Freedom Is The Ability To Live Responsibly The Truth Of Our Relationship With God And With One Another.

The Sickness Of A Family Member, Friend Or Neighbor Is A Call To Christians To Demonstrate True Compassion, That Gentle And Persevering Sharing In Another's Pain.