The Church's mission is to spread hope "contagiously" among all peoples... It is only in this mission that the true journey of… — Pope Benedict XVI Copy Share Image
At the time of Galileo the Church remained much more reasonable than Galileo himself. The process against Galileo was reasonable and just. — Pope Benedict XVI Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
The Lord has placed next to me many people, who, with generosity and love for God and the church, have helped me… — Pope Benedict XVI Copy Share Image
An authentically eucharistic Church is a missionary Church... Truly, nothing is more beautiful than to know Christ and to make him known… — Pope Benedict XVI Copy Share Image
[Non-Catholic Christians are] in a gravely deficient situation in comparison with those who, in the [Roman Catholic] church, have the fullness of… — Pope Benedict XVI Copy Share Image
The diligent reading of Sacred Scripture accompanied by prayer brings about that intimate dialogue in which the person reading hears God who… — Pope Benedict XVI Copy Share Image
You have suffered grievously and I am truly sorry. I know that nothing can undo the wrong you have endured. Your trust… — Pope Benedict XVI Copy Share Image
It is deplorable that homosexual persons have been and are the object of violent malice in speech or in action. Such treatment… — Pope Benedict XVI Copy Share Image
We are moving toward a dictatorship of relativism which does not recognize anything as definitive and has as its highest value one's… — Pope Benedict XVI Copy Share Image
The proclamation of the Gospel remains the primary service that the Church owes to humanity, to offer the salvation of Christ to… — Pope Benedict XVI Copy Share Image
Christ had a specific evangelizing goal in mind when he prayed at the Last Supper that all his disciples 'be one...'The Church's… — Pope Benedict XVI Copy Share Image
Today, having a clear faith based on the Creed of the Church is often labeled today as fundamentalism. Whereas relativism, that is,… — Pope Benedict XVI Copy Share Image
The more administrative machinery we construct, be it the most modern, the less place there is for the Spirit, the less place… — Pope Benedict XVI Copy Share Image
the Twelve Apostles are the most evident sign of Jesus' will regarding the existence and mission of his Church, the guarantee that… — Pope Benedict XVI Copy Share Image
The Church does not engage in proselytism. Instead, she grows by "attraction": just as Christ "draws all to himself" by the power… — 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 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
Popular piety is one of our strengths because it consists of prayers deeply rooted in people's hearts. These prayers even move the… — Pope Benedict XVI 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 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
The Church does not invent sins but recognizes the will of God and has to declare it. Of course, the great thing..… — Pope Benedict XVI Copy Share Image
The "door of faith" (Acts 14:27) is always open for us, ushering us into the life of communion with God and offering… — Pope Benedict XVI Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
Advent's intention is to awaken the most profound and basic emotional memory within us, namely, the memory of the God who became… — Pope Benedict XVI Copy Share Image
Having a clear faith, based on the creed of the church is often labeled today as fundamentalism. Whereas relativism, which is letting… — Pope Benedict XVI Copy Share Image
The primary contribution that the Church offers to the development of mankind and peoples does not consist merely in material means or… — Pope Benedict XVI Copy Share Image
Dear brothers and sisters...The Lord is calling me to "climb the mountain", to devote myself even more to prayer and meditation. But… — 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
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… — Pope Benedict XVI 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 Copy Share Image
Apostolic and missionary fruitfulness is not principally due to programmes and pastoral methods that are cleverly drawn up and "efficient", but is the result… — Pope Benedict XVI Copy Share Image
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