If you search for poverty, you'll find it, often in the family. Why? Because the family makes this great investment, from which we all benefit, but for which no-one helps. We have to point the spotlight on the family, and…

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I support non-discrimination for homosexuals, but I think, or at least I have the right...

I support non-discrimination for homosexuals, but I think, or at least I have the right...

On the other hand, I think that the family, the traditional family, has a fundamental...

On the other hand, I think that the family, the traditional family, has a fundamental...

Relativism should be confronted where it damages fundamental human rights, because we're not relativists if...

Relativism should be confronted where it damages fundamental human rights, because we're not relativists if...

We desecrated the traditional values, but new values didn't come along.

We desecrated the traditional values, but new values didn't come along.

The family has a social function and so it should be sustained.

The family has a social function and so it should be sustained.

I can think that you are mistaken, but I have to be ready to give...

I can think that you are mistaken, but I have to be ready to give...

I think the State shouldn't poke its nose into the sexual relations of consenting adults.

I think the State shouldn't poke its nose into the sexual relations of consenting adults.

The past was more Christian? At times perhaps, in others, though, no.

The past was more Christian? At times perhaps, in others, though, no.

John Paul II, above all, managed to contain the huge mass of frustration, of hate...

John Paul II, above all, managed to contain the huge mass of frustration, of hate...

That's possible, and in fact the legislation, the politics should graduate the advantages towards those...

That's possible, and in fact the legislation, the politics should graduate the advantages towards those...

The new soft totalitarianism that is advancing on the left wants to have a state...

The new soft totalitarianism that is advancing on the left wants to have a state...

Priests have to have the right to say that a sin is a sin.

Priests have to have the right to say that a sin is a sin.

One needs to know what the hierarchy of values are from which one takes inspiration,...

One needs to know what the hierarchy of values are from which one takes inspiration,...

For Europe, the fall of Communism has to be taken into account, and the fact...

For Europe, the fall of Communism has to be taken into account, and the fact...

The family exists in order to allow women to have children and to have the...

The family exists in order to allow women to have children and to have the...

No, moral conscience is one thing, the law is another. We have to hold onto...

No, moral conscience is one thing, the law is another. We have to hold onto...