Meaning that is self-made is in the last analysis no meaning. Meaning, that is, the ground on which our existence as a… — Pope Benedict XVI Copy Share Image
People from the world's richest countries should be prepared to accept the burden of debt reduction for heavily indebted poor countries, and… — Pope Benedict XVI Copy Share Image
No law made by man can overturn that of the Creator without dramatically affecting society in its very foundation. — Pope Benedict XVI Copy Share Image
The world promises you comfort, but you were not made for comfort. You were made for greatness. — Pope Benedict XVI Copy Share Image
One of the most serious [challenges] is increased military spending and the cost of maintaining and developing nuclear arsenals. Enormous resources are… — Pope Benedict XVI Copy Share Image
In the name of freedom, there has to be a correlation between rights and duties, by which every person is called to… — Pope Benedict XVI Copy Share Image
Believers are increasingly aware that, unless the Good News is made known also in the digital world, it may be absent in… — Pope Benedict XVI Copy Share Image
May we be enlightened by a ray of the light that comes from Bethlehem, the light of He who is 'The Greatest'… — Pope Benedict XVI Copy Share Image
While we too always seek other signs, other wonders, we do not realize that he is the real sign, God made flesh;… — Pope Benedict XVI Copy Share Image
Every State has the primary duty to protect its own population from grave and sustained violations of human rights, as well as… — Pope Benedict XVI Copy Share Image
The Christian faith can never be separated from the soil of sacred events, from the choice made by God, who wanted to… — Pope Benedict XVI Copy Share Image
We live our lives by philosophies, amid worldly affairs and occupations that totally absorb us and are a great distance from the… — 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
Our faith is well founded; but it is necessary that this faith become part of our lives. A great effort must therefore… — Pope Benedict XVI Copy Share Image
For each one of you, as for the apostles, the encounter with the divine Teacher who calls you friends may be the… — 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
When, for example, in the name of non-discrimination, people try to force the Catholic Church to change her position on homosexuality or… — 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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