It is rational to believe, as it is our very existence that is at stake. — Pope Benedict XVI Copy Share Image
The outpouring of Christ's blood is the source of the church's life. — Pope Benedict XVI Copy Share Image
An Adult faith does not follow the waves of fashion and the latest novelties. — Pope Benedict XVI Copy Share Image
Richard Dawkins's The Selfish Gene is a classic example of science fiction. — Pope Benedict XVI Copy Share Image
We can fall, but in the end we fall into God's hands, and God's hands are good hands. — Pope Benedict XVI Copy Share Image
The Faith does not mean an alienation from any culture for any people because all cultures await Christ and are not destroyed… — Pope Benedict XVI Alienation Copy Share Image
The Church needs your faith, your idealism and your generosity, so that she can always be young in the Spirit. — Pope Benedict XVI Copy Share Image
Young people in particular, I appeal to you: bear witness to your faith through the digital world. — Pope Benedict XVI Copy Share Image
The extermination of millions of unborn children, in the name of the fight against poverty, actually constitutes the destruction of the poorest… — Pope Benedict XVI Children Copy Share Image
Thanks to being profoundly rooted in Christ, he was able to bear a burden which transcends merely human abilities. — Pope Benedict XVI Ability Copy Share Image
Discovering the beauty and joy of faith is a path that every new generation must take on its own. — Pope Benedict XVI Beauty Copy Share Image
I, retired in prayer, will always be with you, and together we will move ahead with the Lord in certainty. The Lord… — Pope Benedict XVI Certainty Copy Share Image
Grant that we may be one flock and one shepherd. Do not allow your net to be torn, help us to be… — Pope Benedict XVI Catholic 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
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 Dignity Copy Share Image
Both strength of mind and body are necessary, strengths which in the last few months have deteriorated in me to the extent… — Pope Benedict XVI Body Copy Share Image
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 Christ Copy Share Image
“If one says the loving God corrects every Pope in his successor – in what ways are you being corrected through Pope… — Pope Benedict XVI Love Copy Share Image
It is necessary not only to relieve the gravest needs but to go to their roots, proposing measures that will give social,… — Pope Benedict XVI Copy Share Image
In the name of freedom, there has to be a correlation between rights and duties, by which every person is called to… — Pope Benedict XVI Copy Share Image
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 Baptism Copy Share Image
“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 History Copy Share Image
Material possessions in themselves are good. We would not survive for long without money, clothing, shelter and food. Yet if we refuse… — Pope Benedict XVI Copy Share Image
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 Church Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
“Are we not perhaps all afraid in some way? If we let Christ enter fully into our lives, if we open ourselves… — Pope Benedict XVI Beauty Copy Share Image
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 America Copy Share Image
“The following motto is written on the invitation to your first mass: ‘We don’t rule over your faith, we serve your joy.’… — Pope Benedict XVI Faith Copy Share Image
Lent is like a long 'retreat' during which we can turn back into ourselves and listen to the voice of God, in… — Pope Benedict XVI Copy Share Image
Everything in this world will pass away. In eternity only Love will remain. — Pope Benedict XVI Eternal love Copy Share Image
It was easy to know the doctrine. It's much harder to help a billion people live it. — Pope Benedict XVI Copy Share Image
Only if there is love, if hearts are opened, can one person truly know the other. — Pope Benedict XVI Christian inspirational Copy Share Image
God loves us; we need only to summon up the humility to allow ourselves to be loved. — Pope Benedict XVI Christian inspirational Copy Share Image
Nourishment is a factor which touches on the fundamental right to life. — Pope Benedict XVI Environmental Copy Share Image
Do not be afraid of Christ! He takes nothing away, and he gives you everything. — Pope Benedict XVI Copy Share Image