I listened to people's concerns about the growing instances of crime, violence, racism and poverty. It's like going into a dark room. You do not get rid of the darkness first. You just turn on the lights and the darkness disappears. People's hearts must change.
Violence begets violence.
Love results in peace. I encourage all families to draw together in love and to make your homes places where peace resides. The call to conversion is particularly important in contemporary society, where the very foundations of morality and ethical living seem to have been lost. The journey of the Millennium Cross of Reconciliation is intended to remind parishioners of the need to prepare the way for this conversion. The Cross is made from wood of the olive trees in the Holy Land.