The reality of the Eucharistic sacrifice has always been at the heart of Catholic faith; called into question in the 16th century,… — Pope Benedict XVI Copy Share Image
I believe that in a certain way this is proof of the truth of Christianity: Heart and reason encounter one another, beauty… — Pope Benedict XVI Copy Share Image
Each one of us needs time and space for recollection, meditation and calmness.... Thanks be to God that this is so! In… — Pope Benedict XVI Copy Share Image
The experience of [the African] bishops is that evangelization itself should be foremost, that the God of Jesus Christ must be known,… — 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
Consecrated life means going to the very root of the love of Jesus Christ with an undivided heart and putting nothing ahead… — Pope Benedict XVI Copy Share Image
Thank you from the heart to all those who in various ways are near me or follow me spiritually with affection and… — Pope Benedict XVI Copy Share Image
This world in which we live needs beauty in order not to sink into despair. Beauty, like truth, brings joy to the… — Pope Benedict XVI Copy Share Image
Being missionaries means loving God with all one's heart, even to the point, if necessary, of dying for him... Being missionaries means… — Pope Benedict XVI Copy Share Image
If we allow the love of Christ to change our heart, then we can change the world. This is the secret of… — 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
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
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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