Apostolic and missionary fruitfulness is not principally due to programmes and pastoral methods that are cleverly drawn up and "efficient", but is… — Pope Benedict XVI Copy Share Image
Adoration outside Holy Mass prolongs and intensifies what has taken place in the liturgical celebration and makes a true and profound reception… — Pope Benedict XVI Copy Share Image
Can man, the finite and sinful one, cooperate with God, the Infinite and Holy One? Yes, he can, precisely because God Himself… — Pope Benedict XVI Copy Share Image
Human pride and egoism always create divisions, build walls of indifference, hate and violence. The Holy Spirit, on the other hand, makes… — Pope Benedict XVI Copy Share Image
I would say it simply: No one can give that which he doesn't personally possess, which means we cannot transmit the Holy… — Pope Benedict XVI Copy Share Image
Deeply saddened by the news of the terrorist attacks in central London, the Holy Father offers his fervent prayers for the victims… — 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
The main task for us all is that of a new evangelization aimed at helping younger generations to rediscover the true face… — Pope Benedict XVI Copy Share Image
It is theologically and anthropologically important for woman to be at the center of Christianity. Through Mary, and the other holy women,… — Pope Benedict XVI Copy Share Image
Before His gaze all falsehood melts away. This encounter with Him, as it burns us, transforms and frees us, allowing us to… — Pope Benedict XVI Copy Share Image
The "name" of the Most Holy Trinity is in a certain way impressed upon everything that exists, because everything that exists, down… — Pope Benedict XVI Copy Share Image
The celebration of Lent, in the context of the Year of Faith, offers us a valuable opportunity to meditate on the relationship… — Pope Benedict XVI Copy Share Image
Love has a particular trait: it has a task or purpose to fulfill - to abide. By its nature, love is enduring.… — Pope Benedict XVI Copy Share Image
The Holy Spirit gives us joy. And he is joy. Joy is the gift in which all the other gifts are included.… — Pope Benedict XVI Copy Share Image
In the month of October, the universal Church highlights her missionary vocation. Guided by the Holy Spirit she knows she is called… — Pope Benedict XVI Copy Share Image
As I passed alongside it, I prayed for a future in which the peoples of the Holy Land can live together in… — Pope Benedict XVI Copy Share Image
Dear young people, we have seen that it is the Holy Spirit who brings about the wonderful communion of believers in Jesus… — Pope Benedict XVI Copy Share Image
Love has a particular trait: far from being indulgent or fickle, it has a task or purpose to fulfil: to abide. By… — Pope Benedict XVI Copy Share Image
To be sure, it was not Easter Sunday but Holy Saturday, but, the more I reflect on it, the more this seems… — Pope Benedict XVI Copy Share Image
Continue to walk in the faith and, faithful to the mandate that has been entrusted to you, go out with solicitude and… — 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
