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The Church does not promote itself, but serves humanity with God's love.

— Angelo Bagnasco

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As quoted in Prolusione del card. Bagnasco: "La Chiesa serve l'uomo con la simpatia di Dio", Diocese of Cremona

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The full happiness of the Church, which comes from Christ, does not fail even in the face of our betrayals.

God surpasses our measurement unit and surprises it, not in an abstract way, but in the Child laid in a manger.

The problem of our cultural identity, which for us clearly has religious and Christian roots, is certainly a very important question today. And we are seeing so increasingly.

Work is a special part of those indispensable conditions that a truly human society must guarantee so that everyone can not only survive and live, but even more so, fulfil themselves according to God's plan.

Immigration is a reality. We need to combine the principle of welcoming others, which has always been at the heart of our country, with another principle that is just as important: legality, which everyone knows is needed for society to work.

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