Selfishness and fear are at the root of (pro-abortion) legislation...We in the Church have a great struggle to defend life...life is a… — Pope Benedict XVI Copy Share Image
The freedom to kill is not a true freedom, but a tyranny that reduces human beings to slavery. — Pope Benedict XVI Copy Share Image
A Catholic would be guilty of formal cooperation in evil, and so unworthy to present himself for Holy Communion, if he were… — Pope Benedict XVI Copy Share Image
God's love does not distinguish between the infant in the mother's womb or the child or the youth or the adult or… — Pope Benedict XVI Copy Share Image
The fundamental human right, the presupposition of every other right, is the right to life itself. This is true of life from… — Pope Benedict XVI Copy Share Image
Children truly are the family's greatest treasure and most precious good. Consequently, everyone must be helped to become aware of the intrinsic… — Pope Benedict XVI Copy Share Image
While the Church exhorts civil authorities to seek peace, not war, and to exercise discretion and mercy in imposing punishment on criminals,… — Pope Benedict XVI Copy Share Image
The Catholic community must offer support to those women who may find it difficult to accept a child, above all when they… — Pope Benedict XVI Copy Share Image
Not all moral issues have the same moral weight as abortion and euthanasia. There may be legitimate diversity of opinion even among… — 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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
“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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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