“Something I constantly notice is that unembarrassed joy has become rarer. Joy today is increasingly saddled with moral and ideological burdens, so to speak. When someone rejoices, he is afraid of offending against solidarity with the many people who suffer.… — Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger/Pope Benedict Copy Share Image
“In the course of my intellectual life I experienced very acutely the problem of whether it isn't actually presumptuous to say that we can… — Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger/Pope Benedict Copy Share Image
“Something I constantly notice is that unembarrassed joy has become rarer. Joy today is increasingly saddled with moral and ideological burdens, so to speak.… — Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger/Pope Benedict Copy Share Image
“The theology of littleness is a basic category of Christianity. After all, the tenor of our faith is that God's distinctive greatness is revealed… — Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger/Pope Benedict Copy Share Image
