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Pope Benedict XVI’s quotes speak about big ideas and deep duties. He reminds us that men and women are meant for something greater than everyday life, that true responsibility reaches into politics and economics, and that suffering can be a path toward truth and love. He also asks if a finite, sinful person can work with an infinite, holy God, and he says the answer is yes.

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I'm not a man who constantly thinks up jokes

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I too hope in this short reign to be a man of peace.

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I believe that the most important thing...is to revive in the whole Church that positive tension, that yearning to announce Christ again…

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God of peace, bring your peace to our violent world: peace in the hearts of all men and women and peace among…

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Men and women were created for something great, for infinity. Nothing else will ever be enough.

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A thirst for the infinite is indelibly present in human beings. Man was created to have a relationship with God; we need…

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No law made by man can overturn that of the Creator without dramatically affecting society in its very foundation.

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The new pope knows that his task is to make the light of Christ shine before men and women of world -…

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When, as today, there is a market in human organs, when fetuses are produced to make spare organs available, or to make…

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Men and women cannot rest content with a superficial and unquestioning exchange of skeptical opinions and experiences of life - all of…

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The Christian faith can never be separated from the soil of sacred events, from the choice made by God, who wanted to…

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The proclamation of the Gospel remains the primary service that the Church owes to humanity, to offer the salvation of Christ to…

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Monsters, among other brutes, are the ones without guilt feelings. Perhaps Hitler did not have any, or Himmler, or Stalin. Maybe Mafia…

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We cannot keep to ourselves the words of eternal life given to us in our encounter with Jesus Christ: they are meant…

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Every State has the primary duty to protect its own population from grave and sustained violations of human rights, as well as…

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One of the promising indications of a renewal in the Church's missionary consciousness in recent decades, has been the growing desire of…

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From the point of view of the Christian faith, man comes in the profoundest sense to himself not through what he does…

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To some extent, this urge to break out of the ordinary is present in every generation. Part of being young is desiring…

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We, however, have a different goal: the Son of God, the true man. He is the measure of true humanism. An "adult"…

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Sometimes men and women prefer the darkness to the light because they are attached to their sins. Nevertheless it is only by…

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In the current economic situation, the temptation for the more dynamic economies is that of chasing after advantageous alliances that, nevertheless, can…

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Anyone who knows he is loved is in turn prompted to love. It is the Lord himself, who loved us first, who…

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When human affairs are so ordered that there is no recognition of God, there is a belittling of man. That is why,…

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Respecting the environment does not mean considering material or animal nature more important than man. Rather, it means not selfishly considering nature…

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...The baptized in their sense of mission, through prayer, the witness of life and Christian commitment in all its forms, so that…

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Before it's too late, we need to make courageous choices that will recreate a strong alliance between man and Earth. We need…

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The Church does not invent sins but recognizes the will of God and has to declare it. Of course, the great thing..…

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Grace, lavished upon us by God and communicated through the Mystery of the Incarnate Word, is an absolutely free gift with which…

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The relationship between individuals or communities and the environment ultimately stems from their relationship with God. When ‘man turns his back on…

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For each one of you, as for the apostles, the encounter with the divine Teacher who calls you friends may be the…

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Art is elemental. Reason alone as it's expressed in the sciences can't be man's complete answer to reality, and it can't express…

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Can man, the finite and sinful one, cooperate with God, the Infinite and Holy One? Yes, he can, precisely because God Himself…

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Today, the need to avoid confusing marriage with other types of unions based on weak love is especially urgent. It is only…

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Jesus, the Word incarnate, is always the center of our announcement, the point of reference for our evangelizing mission and for its…

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To suffer with the other and for others; to suffer for the sake of truth and justice; to suffer out of love…

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To me, its seems necessary to rediscover - and the energy to do so exists - that even the political and economic…

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Experience shows that disregard for the environment always harms human coexistence, and vice versa. It becomes more and more evident that there…

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We become new if we let ourselves be grasped and shaped by the new Man, Jesus Christ. He is the new Man…

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I'm not a man who constantly thinks up jokes. But I think it's very important to be able to see the funny…

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From earliest times, water has always been acknowledged as a primary human good and an indispensable natural resource. Around the great rivers…

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The fact that the Lord can work and act even with insufficient means consoles me, and above all I entrust myself to your prayers.

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The essence of Christianity...is an ever-new encounter with... the God who speaks to us, who approaches us and who befriends us!

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If you abide in the love of Christ, rooted in the faith, you will encounter, even amid setbacks and suffering, the source of true…

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Continue to witness to the Gospel every day and commit yourselves generously in the next missionary initiatives in the Diocese of Rome.

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Jesus’ example of fidelity to prayer challenges us to examine the time and effort we devote to our own prayer. While prayer is a…

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If we look to the saints, this great luminous wake with which God has passed through history, we truly see that here is a…

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“Joseph Ratzinger never developed his own theological system. As a theologian he took on what was there, discerned its essentials, situated it in relation…

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Jesus Christ does not teach us a spirituality “of closed eyes”, but one of “alertness”, one which entails an absolute duty to take notice…

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Joy is the true gift of Christmas.

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Material possessions, in themselves, are good. We would not survive for long without money, clothing and shelter. We must eat in order to stay…

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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…

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God loves us despite our shortcomings and sins, and his love gives meaning to our lives and to the life of the world.

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It's a great responsibility before God, the judge who guides us, who draws us to truth and good, and in this sense the church…

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Discovering the beauty and joy of faith is a path that every new generation must take on its own.

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Apostolic and missionary fruitfulness is not principally due to programmes and pastoral methods that are cleverly drawn up and "efficient", but is the result…

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