Lent is like a long 'retreat' during which we can turn back into ourselves and listen to the voice of God, in… — 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
Society today is being fragmented by a way of thinking that is inherently short-sighted because it disregards the full horizon of truth… — Pope Benedict XVI Copy Share Image
Sometimes men and women prefer the darkness to the light because they are attached to their sins. Nevertheless it is only by… — Pope Benedict XVI Copy Share Image
Can we disregard the growing phenomenon of "environmental refugees", people who are forced by the degradation of their natural habitat to forsake… — 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
Perhaps reluctantly we come to acknowledge that there are also scars which mark the surface of our Earth-erosion, deforestation, the squandering of… — Pope Benedict XVI Copy Share Image
That the different Christian confessions, aware of the need for a new evangelisation in this period of profound transformations, may be committed… — Pope Benedict XVI Copy Share Image
The relationship between individuals or communities and the environment ultimately stems from their relationship with God. When ‘man turns his back on… — Pope Benedict XVI Copy Share Image
When human affairs are so ordered that there is no recognition of God, there is a belittling of man. That is why,… — Pope Benedict XVI Copy Share Image
This world in which we live needs beauty in order not to sink into despair. Beauty, like truth, brings joy to the… — Pope Benedict XVI Copy Share Image
Peace, however, is not merely a gift to be received: it is also a task to be undertaken. In order to be… — Pope Benedict XVI Copy Share Image
The Earth is indeed a precious gift of the Creator who, in designing its intrinsic order, has given us bearings that guide… — 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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