"We live in a world where the name of God is used to foster attitudes and deeds which could not be farther away from the real identity of God.”

“The commandment, ‘Thou shalt not kill’ has absolute value, and concerns both the innocent and the guilty,” Pope Francis said on Sunday.

External forms of piety without “a real conversion are not enough to be considered in communion with Christ and his Church”.

Archbishop Martin addresses members of the judiciary at a Mass to mark the start of the new law term.