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The right to life is the first human right. Abortion is killing someone that cannot defend himself.
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The right to life is the first human right. Abortion is killing someone that cannot defend himself.
To be merciful means to grow in a love which is courageous, generous and real.
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To be merciful means to grow in a love which is courageous, generous and real.
Being in contact with physicians and family members, in addition to the sick, you become, in hospitals, in healthcare facilities and in homes, the crossroads of a thousand relationships, which require attention, competence and compassion. Before the uniqueness of each situation, indeed, it is never enough to follow a protocol, but a constant (and tiresome) effort of discernment and attention to the individual person is required. All this makes your profession a veritable mission and makes you ‘experts in humanity.
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Being in contact with physicians and family members, in addition to the sick, you become, in hospitals, in healthcare facilities and in homes, the crossroads of a thousand relationships, which require attention, competence and compassion. Before the uniqueness of each situation, indeed, it is never enough to follow a protocol, but a constant (and tiresome) effort of discernment and attention to the individual person is required. All this makes your profession a veritable mission and makes you ‘experts in humanity.
Grandparents are a treasure in the family. Please, take care of your grandparents: love them and let them talk to your children!
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Grandparents are a treasure in the family. Please, take care of your grandparents: love them and let them talk to your children!
We have to be humble, but with real humility, from head-to-toe.
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We have to be humble, but with real humility, from head-to-toe.
The tyranny of relativism is the spiritual poverty of our time.
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The tyranny of relativism is the spiritual poverty of our time.
Human trafficking is an open wound on the body of contemporary society, a scourge upon the body of Christ. It is a crime against humanity.
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Human trafficking is an open wound on the body of contemporary society, a scourge upon the body of Christ. It is a crime against humanity.
Terrorism grows when there are no other options, and when the center of the global economy is the god of money and not the person men and women this is already the first terrorism!
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Terrorism grows when there are no other options, and when the center of the global economy is the god of money and not the person men and women this is already the first terrorism!
Openness without strength is useless; strength without openness is oppression.
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Openness without strength is useless; strength without openness is oppression.
It's the duty of everyone to defend religious freedom and promote it for all people.
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It's the duty of everyone to defend religious freedom and promote it for all people.
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