--- title: "14 Dear Quotes By Pope Benedict XVI" description: "14 Dear quotes by Pope Benedict XVI. Plus more from Pope Benedict XVI and more Dear sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f8f/pope-benedict-xvi-414_and-love_dear-young-people-do-not-be-satisfied-wi_2632942.jpg" --- > [Dear young people, do not be satisfied with anything less than Truth and Love, do not be content with anything less than…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pope-benedict-xvi/dear-young-people-do-not-be-satisfied-with-anything-less-than-truth/) [Pope Benedict XVI](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pope-benedict-xvi/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f8f/pope-benedict-xvi-414_and-love_dear-young-people-do-not-be-satisfied-wi_2632942.jpg) > [Dear brothers and sisters, after the great Pope John Paul II, the cardinals have elected me - a simple, humble worker in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pope-benedict-xvi/dear-brothers-and-sisters-after-the-great-pope-john-paul-ii-the/) [Pope Benedict XVI](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pope-benedict-xvi/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e63/pope-benedict-xvi-414_brother_dear-brothers-and-sisters-after-the-grea_2184822.jpg) > [Dear young people, the Church depends on you! She needs your lively faith, your creative charity and the energy of your hope.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pope-benedict-xvi/dear-young-people-the-church-depends-on-you-she-needs-your-lively/) [Pope Benedict XVI](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pope-benedict-xvi/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/566/pope-benedict-xvi-414_charity_dear-young-people-the-church-depends-on_2633205.jpg) > [Dear young people, let me now ask you a question. What will you leave to the next generation? Are you building your…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pope-benedict-xvi/dear-young-people-let-me-now-ask-you-a-question-what-will-you-leave/) [Pope Benedict XVI](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pope-benedict-xvi/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c3c/pope-benedict-xvi-414_asks_dear-young-people-let-me-now-ask-you-a-q_811354.jpg) > [I say to you dear young people: Do not be afraid of Christ! He takes nothing away, and He gives you verything.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pope-benedict-xvi/i-say-to-you-dear-young-people-do-not-be-afraid-of-christ-he-takes/) [Pope Benedict XVI](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pope-benedict-xvi/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f39/pope-benedict-xvi-414_christ_i-say-to-you-dear-young-people-do-not-be_1616772.jpg) > [All the Saints of God are there to protect me, to sustain me and to carry me. And your prayers, my dear…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pope-benedict-xvi/all-the-saints-of-god-are-there-to-protect-me-to-sustain-me-and-to/) [Pope Benedict XVI](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pope-benedict-xvi/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/851/pope-benedict-xvi-414_accompany_all-the-saints-of-god-are-there-to-prote_1535437.jpg) > [If you find your sustenance in Christ, my dear young people, and if you live profoundly in him as did the Apostle…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pope-benedict-xvi/if-you-find-your-sustenance-in-christ-my-dear-young-people-and-if-you/) [Pope Benedict XVI](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pope-benedict-xvi/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6f5/pope-benedict-xvi-414_able_if-you-find-your-sustenance-in-christ-my_1409735.jpg) > [Dear young people, we have seen that it is the Holy Spirit who brings about the wonderful communion of believers in Jesus…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pope-benedict-xvi/dear-young-people-we-have-seen-that-it-is-the-holy-spirit-who-brings/) [Pope Benedict XVI](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pope-benedict-xvi/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4e3/pope-benedict-xvi-414_abiding_dear-young-people-we-have-seen-that-it-i_2617904.jpg) > [Dear brothers and sisters...The Lord is calling me to "climb the mountain", to devote myself even more to prayer and meditation. But…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pope-benedict-xvi/dear-brothers-and-sisters-the-lord-is-calling-me-to-climb-the/) [Pope Benedict XVI](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pope-benedict-xvi/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/86d/pope-benedict-xvi-414_age_dear-brothers-and-sisters-the-lord-is-ca_2600349.jpg) > [My dear friends, God’s creation is one and it is good. The concerns for nonviolence, sustainable development, justice and peace, and care…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pope-benedict-xvi/my-dear-friends-god-s-creation-is-one-and-it-is-good-the-concerns-for/) [Pope Benedict XVI](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pope-benedict-xvi/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bb4/pope-benedict-xvi-414_care_my-dear-friends-god-s-creation-is-one-an_1502309.jpg) > [Dear friends, may no adversity paralyze you. Be afraid neither of the world, nor of the future, nor of your weakness. The…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pope-benedict-xvi/dear-friends-may-no-adversity-paralyze-you-be-afraid-neither-of-the/) [Pope Benedict XVI](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pope-benedict-xvi/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/055/pope-benedict-xvi-414_adversity_dear-friends-may-no-adversity-paralyze-y_363759.jpg) > [I thank you, dear Brothers, for preaching the love of Christ and exhorting your people to tolerance, respect and love of their…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pope-benedict-xvi/i-thank-you-dear-brothers-for-preaching-the-love-of-christ-and/) [Pope Benedict XVI](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pope-benedict-xvi/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/54b/pope-benedict-xvi-414_and-love_i-thank-you-dear-brothers-for-preaching_1264228.jpg) > [Dear young people, the happiness you are seeking, the happiness you have a right to enjoy has a name and a face:…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pope-benedict-xvi/dear-young-people-the-happiness-you-are-seeking-the-happiness-you/) [Pope Benedict XVI](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pope-benedict-xvi/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/82f/pope-benedict-xvi-414_catholic_dear-young-people-the-happiness-you-are_1754467.jpg) > [If you abide in the love of Christ, rooted in the faith, you will encounter, even amid setbacks and suffering, the source…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pope-benedict-xvi/if-you-abide-in-the-love-of-christ-rooted-in-the-faith-you-will/) [Pope Benedict XVI](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pope-benedict-xvi/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8f5/pope-benedict-xvi-414_and-love_if-you-abide-in-the-love-of-christ-roote_15614.jpg) ## Other authors on Dear ## More by Pope Benedict XVI > [The fact that the Lord can work and act even with insufficient means consoles me, and above all I entrust myself to your prayers.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pope-benedict-xvi/the-fact-that-the-lord-can-work-and-act-even-with-insufficient-means/) [Pope Benedict XVI](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pope-benedict-xvi/) > [The essence of Christianity...is an ever-new encounter with... the God who speaks to us, who approaches us and who befriends us!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pope-benedict-xvi/the-essence-of-christianity-is-an-ever-new-encounter-with-the-god-who/) [Pope Benedict XVI](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pope-benedict-xvi/) > [If you abide in the love of Christ, rooted in the faith, you will encounter, even amid setbacks and suffering, the source of true…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pope-benedict-xvi/if-you-abide-in-the-love-of-christ-rooted-in-the-faith-you-will/) [Pope Benedict XVI](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pope-benedict-xvi/) > [Continue to witness to the Gospel every day and commit yourselves generously in the next missionary initiatives in the Diocese of Rome.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pope-benedict-xvi/continue-to-witness-to-the-gospel-every-day-and-commit-yourselves/) [Pope Benedict XVI](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pope-benedict-xvi/) > [Jesus’ example of fidelity to prayer challenges us to examine the time and effort we devote to our own prayer. While prayer is a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pope-benedict-xvi/jesus-example-of-fidelity-to-prayer-challenges-us-to-examine-the-time/) [Pope Benedict XVI](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pope-benedict-xvi/) > [If we look to the saints, this great luminous wake with which God has passed through history, we truly see that here is a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pope-benedict-xvi/if-we-look-to-the-saints-this-great-luminous-wake-with-which-god-has/) [Pope Benedict XVI](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pope-benedict-xvi/) > [“Joseph Ratzinger never developed his own theological system. As a theologian he took on what was there, discerned its essentials, situated it in relation…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pope-benedict-xvi/joseph-ratzinger-never-developed-his-own-theological-system-as-a/) [Pope Benedict XVI](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pope-benedict-xvi/) > [Jesus Christ does not teach us a spirituality “of closed eyes”, but one of “alertness”, one which entails an absolute duty to take notice…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pope-benedict-xvi/jesus-christ-does-not-teach-us-a-spirituality-of-closed-eyes-but-one/) [Pope Benedict XVI](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pope-benedict-xvi/) > [Joy is the true gift of Christmas.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pope-benedict-xvi/joy-is-the-true-gift-of-christmas/) [Pope Benedict XVI](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pope-benedict-xvi/) > [Material possessions, in themselves, are good. We would not survive for long without money, clothing and shelter. We must eat in order to stay…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pope-benedict-xvi/material-possessions-in-themselves-are-good-we-would-not-survive-for/) [Pope Benedict XVI](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pope-benedict-xvi/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pope-benedict-xvi/one-of-the-promising-indications-of-a-renewal-in-the-church-s/) [Pope Benedict XVI](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pope-benedict-xvi/) > [God loves us despite our shortcomings and sins, and his love gives meaning to our lives and to the life of the world.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pope-benedict-xvi/god-loves-us-despite-our-shortcomings-and-sins-and-his-love-gives/) [Pope Benedict XVI](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pope-benedict-xvi/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pope-benedict-xvi/it-s-a-great-responsibility-before-god-the-judge-who-guides-us-who/) [Pope Benedict XVI](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pope-benedict-xvi/) > [Discovering the beauty and joy of faith is a path that every new generation must take on its own.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pope-benedict-xvi/discovering-the-beauty-and-joy-of-faith-is-a-path-that-every-new/) [Pope Benedict XVI](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pope-benedict-xvi/) > [Apostolic and missionary fruitfulness is not principally due to programmes and pastoral methods that are cleverly drawn up and "efficient", but is the result…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pope-benedict-xvi/apostolic-and-missionary-fruitfulness-is-not-principally-due-to/) [Pope Benedict XVI](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pope-benedict-xvi/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/dear/pope-benedict-xvi/#itemlist", "name": "14 Dear Quotes By Pope Benedict XVI", "numberOfItems": 14, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Dear young people, do not be satisfied with anything less than Truth and Love, do not be content with anything less than Christ", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Pope Benedict XVI" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pope-benedict-xvi/dear-young-people-do-not-be-satisfied-with-anything-less-than-truth/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f8f/pope-benedict-xvi-414_and-love_dear-young-people-do-not-be-satisfied-wi_2632942.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f8f/pope-benedict-xvi-414_and-love_dear-young-people-do-not-be-satisfied-wi_2632942.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f8f/pope-benedict-xvi-414_and-love_dear-young-people-do-not-be-satisfied-wi_2632942.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Dear young people, do not be satisfied with anything less than Truth and Love, do not be content with…” — Pope Benedict XVI", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Dear brothers and sisters, after the great Pope John Paul II, the cardinals have elected me - a simple, humble worker in the vineyard of the Lord.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Pope Benedict XVI" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pope-benedict-xvi/dear-brothers-and-sisters-after-the-great-pope-john-paul-ii-the/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e63/pope-benedict-xvi-414_brother_dear-brothers-and-sisters-after-the-grea_2184822.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e63/pope-benedict-xvi-414_brother_dear-brothers-and-sisters-after-the-grea_2184822.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e63/pope-benedict-xvi-414_brother_dear-brothers-and-sisters-after-the-grea_2184822.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Dear brothers and sisters, after the great Pope John Paul II, the cardinals have elected me - a simple…” — Pope Benedict XVI", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Dear young people, the Church depends on you! 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True to his nature as giver and gift alike, he is even now working through you. 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But this does not mean abandoning the Church, indeed, if God is asking me to do this, it is so I can continue to serve the Church with the same dedication and the same love with which I have done thus far, but in a way that is better suited to my age and my strength", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Pope Benedict XVI" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pope-benedict-xvi/dear-brothers-and-sisters-the-lord-is-calling-me-to-climb-the/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/86d/pope-benedict-xvi-414_age_dear-brothers-and-sisters-the-lord-is-ca_2600349.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/86d/pope-benedict-xvi-414_age_dear-brothers-and-sisters-the-lord-is-ca_2600349.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/86d/pope-benedict-xvi-414_age_dear-brothers-and-sisters-the-lord-is-ca_2600349.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Dear brothers and sisters...The Lord is calling me to \"climb the mountain\", to devote myself even more to…” — Pope Benedict XVI", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 10, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "My dear friends, God’s creation is one and it is good. The concerns for nonviolence, sustainable development, justice and peace, and care for our environment are of vital importance for humanity. They cannot, however, be understood apart from a profound reflection on the innate dignity of every human life from conception to natural death: a dignity conferred by God himself and thus inviolable.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Pope Benedict XVI" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pope-benedict-xvi/my-dear-friends-god-s-creation-is-one-and-it-is-good-the-concerns-for/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bb4/pope-benedict-xvi-414_care_my-dear-friends-god-s-creation-is-one-an_1502309.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bb4/pope-benedict-xvi-414_care_my-dear-friends-god-s-creation-is-one-an_1502309.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bb4/pope-benedict-xvi-414_care_my-dear-friends-god-s-creation-is-one-an_1502309.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“My dear friends, God’s creation is one and it is good. The concerns for nonviolence, sustainable…” — Pope Benedict XVI", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 11, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Dear friends, may no adversity paralyze you. Be afraid neither of the world, nor of the future, nor of your weakness. The Lord has allowed you to live in this moment of history so that, by your faith, his name will continue to resound throughout the world.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Pope Benedict XVI" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pope-benedict-xvi/dear-friends-may-no-adversity-paralyze-you-be-afraid-neither-of-the/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/055/pope-benedict-xvi-414_adversity_dear-friends-may-no-adversity-paralyze-y_363759.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/055/pope-benedict-xvi-414_adversity_dear-friends-may-no-adversity-paralyze-y_363759.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/055/pope-benedict-xvi-414_adversity_dear-friends-may-no-adversity-paralyze-y_363759.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Dear friends, may no adversity paralyze you. 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Only he gives the fullness of life to humanity! 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Faith does not run counter to your highest ideals; on the contrary, it elevates and perfects those ideals. 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