World Quotes by Pope Benedict XVI

Young people in particular, I appeal to you: bear witness to your faith through the digital world.

— Pope Benedict XVI

God came into the world to reawaken the thirst for great things in us.

— Pope Benedict XVI

God loves us despite our shortcomings and sins, and his love gives meaning to our lives and to the life of the…

— Pope Benedict XVI

Everything in this world will pass away. In eternity only Love will remain.

— Pope Benedict XVI

A world marked by so much injustice, innocent suffering, and cynicism of power cannot be the work of a good God.

— Pope Benedict XVI

Only from God does true revolution come... the definitive way to change the world.

— Pope Benedict XVI

The world promises you comfort, but you were not made for comfort. You were made for greatness.

— Pope Benedict XVI

The horizon of love is truly boundless: it is the whole world!

— 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

Every human life is precious in God's sight and no effort should be spared in the attempt to promote throughout the world…

— Pope Benedict XVI

The blessing hands of Christ are like a roof that protects us. But at the same time, they are a gesture of…

— Pope Benedict XVI

Let us allow ourselves to be 'infected' by St. Joseph's silence! We need it greatly, in a world that is often too…

— Pope Benedict XVI

Believers are increasingly aware that, unless the Good News is made known also in the digital world, it may be absent in…

— Pope Benedict XVI

God of peace, bring your peace to our violent world: peace in the hearts of all men and women and peace among…

— Pope Benedict XVI

Our world has grown weary of greed, exploitation and division, of the tedium of false idols and piecemeal responses, and the pain…

— Pope Benedict XVI

Each of us has a mission . . . each of us is called to change the world, to work for a…

— Pope Benedict XVI

It is true that the Muslim world is not totally mistaken when it reproaches the West of Christian tradition of moral decadence…

— 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

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

For in this world, marked by sin, the gravitational pull of our lives is weighted by the chains of the "I" and…

— Pope Benedict XVI

Love has a particular trait: it has a task or purpose to fulfill - to abide. By its nature, love is enduring.…

— Pope Benedict XVI

Continue to walk in the faith and, faithful to the mandate that has been entrusted to you, go out with solicitude and…

— Pope Benedict XVI

God no longer simply stands before us as the One who is totally Other. He is within us, and we are in…

— Pope Benedict XVI

The world needs more than just itself. Amid the dreariness, people do not need a distraction that will in the end become…

— Pope Benedict XVI

The deepest poverty is the inability of joy, the tediousness of a life considered absurd and contradictory. This poverty is widespread today,…

— Pope Benedict XVI

A new generation of Christians is being called to help build a world in which God's gift of life is welcomed, respected…

— Pope Benedict XVI

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

In an ever more open world, building peace through dialogue is no longer a choice but a necessity!

— Pope Benedict XVI

The world needs transparent lives, clear souls, pure minds that refuse to be perceived as mere objects of pleasure.

— Pope Benedict XVI

Perhaps reluctantly we come to acknowledge that there are also scars which mark the surface of our Earth-erosion, deforestation, the squandering of…

— Pope Benedict XVI

The great tasks facing the ecclesial community in the modern world - and among the many I particularly stress evangelization and ecumenism…

— Pope Benedict XVI

The human being of all times prays because he cannot fail to wonder about the meaning of his life, which remains obscure…

— Pope Benedict XVI

A world filled with temptations needs priests who are totally dedicated to their mission. Accordingly, they are asked in a very special…

— Pope Benedict XVI

Terrorist activity is continually recurring in various parts of the world, sowing death and destruction and plunging many of our brothers and…

— Pope Benedict XVI

The new pope knows that his task is to make the light of Christ shine before men and women of world -…

— Pope Benedict XVI

If we allow the love of Christ to change our heart, then we can change the world. This is the secret of…

— Pope Benedict XVI

In a world wounded by conflicts, where violence is justified in God's name, it's important to repeat that religion can never become…

— Pope Benedict XVI

Believing is nothing other than, in the darkness of the world, touching the hand of God, and in this way, in silence,…

— Pope Benedict XVI

The need to proclaim Christ boldly and courageously is a continuing priority for the Church; indeed it is a solemn duty laid…

— 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