Religion Quotes by Pope Benedict XVI

Rock music is a vehicle of anti-religion

— Pope Benedict XVI

“Faith is reasonable.”

— Pope Benedict XVI

An Adult faith does not follow the waves of fashion and the latest novelties.

— Pope Benedict XVI

Reason always stands in need of being purified by faith

— Pope Benedict XVI

The abuse of faith has to be resisted precisely.

— Pope Benedict XVI

The Jesus of the Gospels is surely not convenient for us.

— Pope Benedict XVI

Grant that we may be one flock and one shepherd!

— Pope Benedict XVI

a spiritual desert is spreading - an interior emptiness, an unnamed fear, a quiet sense of despair.

— Pope Benedict XVI

Being a Christian means having love. That is unbelievably difficult and, at the same time, incredibly simple.

— Pope Benedict XVI

Discovering the beauty and joy of faith is a path that every new generation must take on its own.

— Pope Benedict XVI

The Church's mission is not political in nature. Her task is to open the world to the religious sense by proclaiming Christ.

— Pope Benedict XVI

The Church is not an association that wishes to promote a certain cause. It is not about a cause. It is about…

— Pope Benedict XVI

We do not seek a Christ whom we have invented, for only in the real communion of the Church do we encounter…

— Pope Benedict XVI

I believe that the most important thing...is to revive in the whole Church that positive tension, that yearning to announce Christ again…

— Pope Benedict XVI

[Evangelization] is not something optional, but the very vocation of the People of God, a duty that corresponds to it by the…

— Pope Benedict XVI

“Faith that is lived from deep within amid a secularized world is the most powerful ecumenical force that brings us together, guiding…

— Pope Benedict XVI

Today, having a clear faith based on the Creed of the Church is often labeled today as fundamentalism. Whereas relativism, that is,…

— Pope Benedict XVI

There is an urgent need for the emergence of a new generation of apostles anchored firmly in the word of Christ, capable…

— Pope Benedict XVI

Christ had a specific evangelizing goal in mind when he prayed at the Last Supper that all his disciples 'be one...'The Church's…

— Pope Benedict XVI

With the Rosary, we allow ourselves to be guided by Mary, model of faith, in meditating on the mysteries of Christ, and…

— Pope Benedict XVI

The ecclesial communities which have not preserved the valid Episcopate and the genuine and integral substance of the Eucharistic mystery, are not…

— Pope Benedict XVI

One of the promising indications of a renewal in the Church's missionary consciousness in recent decades, has been the growing desire of…

— Pope Benedict XVI

It is imperative that the entire Christian community in the United States come to realize the grave threats to the Church's public…

— Pope Benedict XVI

Love has a particular trait: far from being indulgent or fickle, it has a task or purpose to fulfil: to abide. By…

— Pope Benedict XVI

I think in particular of our need to speak to the hearts of young people, who, despite their constant exposure to messages…

— Pope Benedict XVI

Their example testifies that Baptism commits Christians to participating courageously in the spreading of the Kingdom of God, if need be cooperating…

— Pope Benedict XVI

“Eusebius strongly challenges believers of all times on their approach to the events of history and of the Church in particular. He…

— Pope Benedict XVI

The Holy Spirit gives us joy. And he is joy. Joy is the gift in which all the other gifts are included.…

— Pope Benedict XVI

Apostolic and missionary fruitfulness is not principally due to programmes and pastoral methods that are cleverly drawn up and "efficient", but is…

— Pope Benedict XVI

The Church must never be satisfied with the ranks of those whom she has reached at a certain point or say that…

— Pope Benedict XVI

How many people also in our time are in search of God, in search of Jesus and of his Church, in search…

— Pope Benedict XVI

In Latin America in general, it's very important that Christianity not be simply a thing of reason, but also of the heart.

— Pope Benedict XVI

In this Year of Faith, may every Christian rediscover the beauty of being reborn in the love of God and living as…

— Pope Benedict XVI

[Non-Catholic Christians are] in a gravely deficient situation in comparison with those who, in the [Roman Catholic] church, have the fullness of…

— Pope Benedict XVI

The Church is not a political power, nor a political party, but rather a moral reality, a moral force.

— Pope Benedict XVI

The evangelization of the person and of human communities depends totally on this encounter with Jesus Christ.

— Pope Benedict XVI

The fundamental task of the evangelization of culture is the challenge to make God visible in the human face of Jesus.

— Pope Benedict XVI

“In his self-offering on the Cross, Jesus, as it were, brings all the sin of the world deep within the love of…

— Pope Benedict XVI

Advent is the spiritual season of hope par excellence, and in this season the whole Church is called to be hope, for…

— Pope Benedict XVI

Many people perceive Christianity as something institutional - rather than as an encounter with Christ - which explains why they don't see…

— Pope Benedict XVI