Freedom is not only a gift, but a summons to personal responsibility. — Pope Benedict XVI Freedom Copy Share Image
“God himself shines through the reasonableness of his creation.” — Pope Benedict XVI God Copy Share Image
God is our Father and loves us, even when his silence remains incomprehensible. — Pope Benedict XVI Copy Share Image
In Jesus Christ, God took on a human face and became our friend and brother. — Pope Benedict XVI Brother Copy Share Image
The horizon of love is truly boundless: it is the whole world! — Pope Benedict XVI Boundless Copy Share Image
Liberty isn't liberalism, arbitrariness, but it's connected; it's conditioned by the great values of love and solidarity and in general by the… — Pope Benedict XVI Copy Share Image
I am consoled by the fact that the Lord knows how to work and how to act, even with insufficient tools. — Pope Benedict XVI Facts Copy Share Image
Love alone makes us happy, because we live in relation, and we live to love and to be loved. — Pope Benedict XVI Alone in love Copy Share Image
“Accepting the Cross, entering into fellowship with Christ, means entering the realm of transformation and expiation.” — Pope Benedict XVI Copy Share Image
Too often [the Church] is weighted down and burdened with the sins and failings of her children; too often she appears disfigured… — Pope Benedict XVI Copy Share Image
a spiritual desert is spreading - an interior emptiness, an unnamed fear, a quiet sense of despair. — Pope Benedict XVI Desert Copy Share Image
Being a Christian means having love. That is unbelievably difficult and, at the same time, incredibly simple. — Pope Benedict XVI Christian Copy Share Image
In this regard, I reiterate that the prohibition against torture cannot be contravened under any circumstances. — Pope Benedict XVI Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
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 Blessing Copy Share Image
The Earth is indeed a precious gift of the Creator who, in designing its intrinsic order, has given us bearings that guide… — Pope Benedict XVI Church Copy Share Image
As I passed alongside it, I prayed for a future in which the peoples of the Holy Land can live together in… — Pope Benedict XVI Cybersecurity Copy Share Image
Eternity is not an unending succession of days in the calendar, but something more like the supreme moment of satisfaction, in which… — Pope Benedict XVI Copy Share Image
It's a great responsibility before God, the judge who guides us, who draws us to truth and good, and in this sense… — Pope Benedict XVI Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
It is when we attempt to avoid suffering by withdrawing from anything that might involve hurt, when we try to spare ourselves… — Pope Benedict XVI Abandonment Copy Share Image
“The places of pilgrimage have marked a kind of geography of faith in our country, that is, they make visible, almost tangible,… — Pope Benedict XVI Faith Copy Share Image
We can not communicate with the Lord if we do not communicate with each other. If we want to present ourselves to… — Pope Benedict XVI Copy Share Image
“It is characteristic of mature love that it calls into play all man's potentialities; it engages the whole man, so to speak.… — Pope Benedict XVI Copy Share Image
“It is the question that is also asked by modern political theory: Can politics accept truth as a structural category? Or must… — Pope Benedict XVI Peace and justice Copy Share Image
Prudence does not mean failing to accept responsibilities and postponing decisions; it means being committed to making joint decisions after pondering responsibly… — 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 Communion 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 Action Copy Share Image
The answer to our cry which God gave in Jesus infinitely transcends our expectations, achieving a solidarity which cannot be human alone,… — Pope Benedict XVI Copy Share Image
Do not be afraid to say 'yes' to Jesus: to find your joy in doing His will — Pope Benedict XVI Copy Share Image
We are no longer able to hear God - There are too many frequencies filling our ears. — Pope Benedict XVI Copy Share Image
Only from God does true revolution come... the definitive way to change the world. — Pope Benedict XVI Change the world Copy Share Image
When politicians presume to do God's work, they do not become divine but diabolical. — Pope Benedict XVI Diabolical Copy Share Image
Do you want to know yourself better? Then discover silence. — Pope Benedict XVI Inspirational Copy Share Image
Enough with the slaughters. Enough with the violence. Enough with the hatred in Iraq! — Pope Benedict XVI Copy Share Image
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