“we must not forget that people came to Christ from every kind of background and that the early Christian community included more… — Pope Benedict XVI Copy Share Image
The Church's mission is to spread hope "contagiously" among all peoples... It is only in this mission that the true journey of… — Pope Benedict XVI Copy Share Image
Following Jesus in faith is to walk with him in the communion of the Church. You cannot follow Jesus alone. — Pope Benedict XVI Copy Share Image
“One has to make do with what time one has. I was conscious that my task was of another kind: that I… — Pope Benedict XVI Copy Share Image
It is theologically and anthropologically important for woman to be at the center of Christianity. Through Mary, and the other holy women,… — Pope Benedict XVI Copy Share Image
The proclamation and witness of the Gospel are the first service that Christians can offer every person and the whole human race,… — Pope Benedict XVI Copy Share Image
The more administrative machinery we construct, be it the most modern, the less place there is for the Spirit, the less place… — Pope Benedict XVI Copy Share Image
Being missionaries means loving God with all one's heart, even to the point, if necessary, of dying for him... Being missionaries means… — Pope Benedict XVI Copy Share Image
If Jesus has become your hope, communicate this to others with your joy and your spiritual, apostolic and social engagement. Let Christ… — Pope Benedict XVI Copy Share Image
In the month of October, the universal Church highlights her missionary vocation. Guided by the Holy Spirit she knows she is called… — Pope Benedict XVI Copy Share Image
Love has a particular trait: it has a task or purpose to fulfill - to abide. By its nature, love is enduring.… — Pope Benedict XVI Copy Share Image
“And we are seeing new elements, such as African, South American or Filipino elements, bringing new dynamism to the Church which can… — Pope Benedict XVI Copy Share Image
A dictatorship of relativism is being built that recognizes nothing as definite, and which leaves as the ultimate measure only one's ego… — Pope Benedict XVI Copy Share Image
We are building a dictatorship of relativism that does not recognize anything as definitive and whose ultimate goal consists solely of one's… — Pope Benedict XVI Copy Share Image
The main task for us all is that of a new evangelization aimed at helping younger generations to rediscover the true face… — Pope Benedict XVI Copy Share Image
I thank Missio, (Pontifical Mission Societies), the primary instruments for cooperation in the universal Church's universal mission in the world. Through their… — Pope Benedict XVI Copy Share Image
“Paulinus lived communion above all through a pronounced practice of spiritual friendship. He was truly a master in this, making his life… — Pope Benedict XVI Copy Share Image
“How many winds of doctrine we have known in recent decades, how many ideological currents, how many ways of thinking. The small… — Pope Benedict XVI Copy Share Image
Many of our brothers and sisters are 'baptized, but insufficiently evangelized.' In a number of cases, nations once rich in faith and… — Pope Benedict XVI Copy Share Image
Our faith is well founded; but it is necessary that this faith become part of our lives. A great effort must therefore… — Pope Benedict XVI Copy Share Image
“To the extent that it remains true to itself, the historical method not only has to investigate the biblical word as a… — Pope Benedict XVI Copy Share Image
Mission is a duty about which one must say 'Woe to me if I do not evangelize' (1 Corinthians 9:16)...redemption and mission… — Pope Benedict XVI Copy Share Image
The Church is missionary by nature and her principal task is evangelization, which aims to proclaim and to witness to Christ and… — Pope Benedict XVI Copy Share Image
We ask the Blessed Virgin for the gift of conversion for all Christians, so that they may announce and give a faithful… — Pope Benedict XVI Copy Share Image
Saint Paul asks his disciple Timothy to "aim at faith" (2 Tim 2:22) with the same constancy as when he was a… — Pope Benedict XVI Copy Share Image
The Gospel is not merely a communication of things that can be known - it is one that makes things happen and… — Pope Benedict XVI Copy Share Image
Human rights, of course, must include the right to religious freedom, understood as the expression of a dimension that is at once… — Pope Benedict XVI Copy Share Image
“Jesus’ teaching is not the product of human learning, of whatever kind. It originates from immediate contact with the Father, from “face-to-face”… — Pope Benedict XVI Copy Share Image
We are moving toward a dictatorship of relativism which does not recognize anything as definitive and has as its highest value one's… — Pope Benedict XVI Copy Share Image
The great tasks facing the ecclesial community in the modern world - and among the many I particularly stress evangelization and ecumenism… — Pope Benedict XVI Copy Share Image
The proclamation of the Gospel remains the primary service that the Church owes to humanity, to offer the salvation of Christ to… — Pope Benedict XVI Copy Share Image
That the different Christian confessions, aware of the need for a new evangelisation in this period of profound transformations, may be committed… — Pope Benedict XVI Copy Share Image
Thank you from the heart to all those who in various ways are near me or follow me spiritually with affection and… — Pope Benedict XVI Copy Share Image
The diligent reading of Sacred Scripture accompanied by prayer brings about that intimate dialogue in which the person reading hears God who… — Pope Benedict XVI Copy Share Image
In the world in which we live, it is almost a necessity to be able to regain one's strength of body and… — Pope Benedict XVI Copy Share Image
The Christian faith can never be separated from the soil of sacred events, from the choice made by God, who wanted to… — Pope Benedict XVI Copy Share Image
You have before you the task of seeking new ways to announce Christ in situations of rapid and often profound transformation, and… — Pope Benedict XVI Copy Share Image
The primary contribution that the Church offers to the development of mankind and peoples does not consist merely in material means or… — Pope Benedict XVI Copy Share Image
I urge you to continue your fraternal cooperation with one another in the spirit of the community of Christ's disciples, united in… — Pope Benedict XVI Copy Share Image
Faith in the resurrection of Jesus says that there is a future for every human being; the cry for unending life which… — Pope Benedict XVI Copy Share Image
The fact that the Lord can work and act even with insufficient means consoles me, and above all I entrust myself to your prayers. — Pope Benedict XVI Copy Share
The essence of Christianity...is an ever-new encounter with... the God who speaks to us, who approaches us and who befriends us! — Pope Benedict XVI Copy Share
If you abide in the love of Christ, rooted in the faith, you will encounter, even amid setbacks and suffering, the source of true… — Pope Benedict XVI Copy Share
Continue to witness to the Gospel every day and commit yourselves generously in the next missionary initiatives in the Diocese of Rome. — Pope Benedict XVI Copy Share
Jesus’ example of fidelity to prayer challenges us to examine the time and effort we devote to our own prayer. While prayer is a… — Pope Benedict XVI Copy Share
If we look to the saints, this great luminous wake with which God has passed through history, we truly see that here is a… — Pope Benedict XVI Copy Share
“Joseph Ratzinger never developed his own theological system. As a theologian he took on what was there, discerned its essentials, situated it in relation… — Pope Benedict XVI Copy Share
Jesus Christ does not teach us a spirituality “of closed eyes”, but one of “alertness”, one which entails an absolute duty to take notice… — Pope Benedict XVI Copy Share
Material possessions, in themselves, are good. We would not survive for long without money, clothing and shelter. We must eat in order to stay… — Pope Benedict XVI Copy Share
One of the promising indications of a renewal in the Church's missionary consciousness in recent decades, has been the growing desire of many lay… — Pope Benedict XVI Copy Share
God loves us despite our shortcomings and sins, and his love gives meaning to our lives and to the life of the world. — Pope Benedict XVI Copy Share
It's a great responsibility before God, the judge who guides us, who draws us to truth and good, and in this sense the church… — Pope Benedict XVI Copy Share
Discovering the beauty and joy of faith is a path that every new generation must take on its own. — Pope Benedict XVI Copy Share
Apostolic and missionary fruitfulness is not principally due to programmes and pastoral methods that are cleverly drawn up and "efficient", but is the result… — Pope Benedict XVI Copy Share
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