“A census of the whole earth” (cf. Luke 2:1). This was the context in which Jesus was born, and the Gospel makes a point of it. ...read more

Eight hundred years ago, at Christmas in 1223, Saint Francis organized the living Nativity scene in Greccio. ...read more

I offer my cordial greetings and I am grateful to each of you for having accepted the invitation of Cardinal Aveline to participate in these meetings. ...read more

We pray that people with disabilities may be at the centre of attention in society, and that institutions offer inclusion programs that enhance their active participation. ...read more

This past August I met hundreds of thousands of your contemporaries from all over the world who converged on Lisbon for World Youth Day. ...read more

Among the many witnesses of the passion for the proclamation of the Gospel, those impassioned evangelizers, today I will present a twentieth-century French woman, the venerable servant of God Madeleine Delbrêl. ...read more

We pray for the Holy Father; as he fulfills his mission, may he continue to accompany the flock entrusted to him, with the help of the Holy Spirit. ...read more

A doctor of the Law comes to Jesus under a pretext, in order to test him. The question he asks, however, is an important and enduring one that, at times, arises in our own hearts and in the life of the Church ...read more

Today I will talk to you about two brothers, very famous in the east, to the point of being called “the apostles of the Slavs”: Saints Cyril and Methodius. ...read more

Let us continue in our encounter with some Christian witnesses rich in zeal for proclaiming the Gospel. ...read more