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Catholic Quotes by Pope Benedict XVI

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Pope Benedict XVI reminds us that truth isn’t decided by a majority vote but by deeper reflection. He describes the Eucharist as a way to become one with Christ and taste divine beauty. He also says Lent helps the Word of God settle into our lives, guiding us toward our true purpose.

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I have a mustard seed; and I am not afraid to use it.

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I too hope in this short reign to be a man of peace.

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The Catholic Church is not dead, it is not even tired!

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We were looking for a 'good shepherd,' and instead we got a German shepherd.

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Truth is not determined by a majority vote.

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We are no longer able to hear God - There are too many frequencies filling our ears.

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The Catholic tradition maintains that the objective norms governing right action are accessible to reason, prescinding from the content of revelation.

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“The world offers you comfort. But you were not made for comfort. You were made for greatness”

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Grant that we may be one flock and one shepherd. Do not allow your net to be torn, help us to be…

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We are not some casual and meaningless product of evolution. Each of us is the result of a thought of God.

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A good school provides a rounded education for the whole person. And a good Catholic school, over and above this, should help…

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The happiness you have a right to enjoy has a name and a face: it is Jesus of Nazareth, hidden in the…

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God is not solitude, but perfect communion. For this reason the human person, the image of God, realizes himself or herself in…

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[Non-Catholic Christians are] in a gravely deficient situation in comparison with those who, in the [Roman Catholic] church, have the fullness of…

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In the Eucharist, the Son of God comes to meet us and desires to become one with us; eucharistic adoration is simply…

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The reality of the Eucharistic sacrifice has always been at the heart of Catholic faith; called into question in the 16th century,…

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Lent stimulates us to let the Word of God penetrate our life and in this way to know the fundamental truth: who…

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Dear young people, the happiness you are seeking, the happiness you have a right to enjoy has a name and a face:…

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Saint Paul asks his disciple Timothy to "aim at faith" (2 Tim 2:22) with the same constancy as when he was a…

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Not all moral issues have the same moral weight as abortion and euthanasia. There may be legitimate diversity of opinion even among…

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The Faith does not mean an alienation from any culture for any people because all cultures await Christ and are not destroyed…

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Receiving the Eucharist means adoring Him whom we receive. Only in this way do we become one with Him, and are given,…

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We are building a dictatorship of relativism that does not recognize anything as definitive and whose ultimate goal consists solely of one's…

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While the Church exhorts civil authorities to seek peace, not war, and to exercise discretion and mercy in imposing punishment on criminals,…

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When, for example, in the name of non-discrimination, people try to force the Catholic Church to change her position on homosexuality or…

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Wherever applause breaks out in the liturgy because of some human achievement, it is a sure sign that the essence of liturgy…

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The Catholic community must offer support to those women who may find it difficult to accept a child, above all when they…

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“In a letter to the Christkind you asked for a Missal, a set of green vestments for dressing up, and picture of…

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Prayer itself, born in Catholic families, nurtured by programs of Christian formation, strengthened by the grace of the sacraments, is the first…

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“The intellectual climate of the 1970s, for which the 1950s had already paved the way, contributed to this. A theory was even…

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If we let Christ into our lives, we lose nothing, nothing, absolutely nothing of what makes life free, beautiful, and great. No!…

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In a world where there is so much noise, so much bewilderment, there is a need for silent adoration of Jesus concealed…

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A Catholic would be guilty of formal cooperation in evil, and so unworthy to present himself for Holy Communion, if he were…

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Both need each other: The agnostic cannot be content to not know, but must be in search of the great truth of…

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Making the sign of the Cross - as we will do during the Blessing - means saying a visible and public "yes"…

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If you follow the will of God, you know that in spite of all the terrible things that happen to you, you…

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Faith in the resurrection of Jesus says that there is a future for every human being; the cry for unending life which…

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The fact that the Lord can work and act even with insufficient means consoles me, and above all I entrust myself to your prayers.

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The essence of Christianity...is an ever-new encounter with... the God who speaks to us, who approaches us and who befriends us!

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Continue to witness to the Gospel every day and commit yourselves generously in the next missionary initiatives in the Diocese of Rome.

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Jesus’ example of fidelity to prayer challenges us to examine the time and effort we devote to our own prayer. While prayer is a…

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If we look to the saints, this great luminous wake with which God has passed through history, we truly see that here is a…

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“Joseph Ratzinger never developed his own theological system. As a theologian he took on what was there, discerned its essentials, situated it in relation…

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Jesus Christ does not teach us a spirituality “of closed eyes”, but one of “alertness”, one which entails an absolute duty to take notice…

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Joy is the true gift of Christmas.

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Material possessions, in themselves, are good. We would not survive for long without money, clothing and shelter. We must eat in order to stay…

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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…

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

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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…

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Discovering the beauty and joy of faith is a path that every new generation must take on its own.

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Apostolic and missionary fruitfulness is not principally due to programmes and pastoral methods that are cleverly drawn up and "efficient", but is the result…

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