We ask the Blessed Virgin for the gift of conversion for all Christians, so that they may announce and give a faithful… — Pope Benedict XVI Copy Share Image
The environment is God's gift to everyone, and in our use of it we have a responsibility towards the poor, towards future… — Pope Benedict XVI Copy Share Image
Concern for the fate of the great rivers of the earth must lead us to reflect soberly on the model of development… — Pope Benedict XVI Copy Share Image
Humanity today is rightly concerned about the ecological balance of tomorrow. It is important for assessments in this regard to be carried… — Pope Benedict XVI Copy Share Image
To suffer with the other and for others; to suffer for the sake of truth and justice; to suffer out of love… — Pope Benedict XVI Copy Share Image
Love is the very process of passing over, of transformation, of stepping outside the limitations of fallen humanity - in which we… — Pope Benedict XVI Copy Share Image
Do not be afraid of seeming different and being criticized for what might seem to be losing or out of fashion; your… — Pope Benedict XVI Copy Share Image
My dear friends, God’s creation is one and it is good. The concerns for nonviolence, sustainable development, justice and peace, and care… — Pope Benedict XVI Copy Share Image
Poverty is a plague against which humanity must fight without cease. — Pope Benedict XVI Copy Share Image
May all our contemporaries stand beside their brothers and sisters in humanity. Each one of you is called by Christ and must… — Pope Benedict XVI Copy Share Image
Dear young people, the happiness you are seeking, the happiness you have a right to enjoy has a name and a face:… — Pope Benedict XVI Copy Share Image
The capacity to accept suffering for the sake of goodness, truth and justice is an essential criterion of humanity, because if my… — Pope Benedict XVI Copy Share Image
A united humanity will be able to confront the many troubling problems of the present time: from the menace of terrorism to… — Pope Benedict XVI Copy Share Image
To make a concrete response to the appeal of our brothers and sisters in humanity, we must come to grips with the… — 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
That the entire People of God, to whom Christ entrusted the mandate to go and preach the Gospel to every creature, may… — Pope Benedict XVI Copy Share Image
Lifting one's gaze to the living God, the guarantor of our freedom and of truth, is a premise for arriving at a… — Pope Benedict XVI Copy Share Image
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
The goods of creation belong to humanity as a whole. Yet the current pace of environmental exploitation is seriously endangering the supply… — 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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