Discovering the beauty and joy of faith is a path that every new generation must take on its own. — Pope Benedict XVI Copy Share Image
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
Christ had a specific evangelizing goal in mind when he prayed at the Last Supper that all his disciples 'be one...'The Church's… — Pope Benedict XVI Copy Share Image
Lent stimulates us to let the Word of God penetrate our life and in this way to know the fundamental truth: who… — Pope Benedict XVI Copy Share Image
During the season of Lent which begins today, we renew our commitment to the path of conversion, making more room for God… — Pope Benedict XVI Copy Share Image
Today, I, too, wish to reaffirm that I intend to continue on the path toward improved relations and friendship with the Jewish… — Pope Benedict XVI Copy Share Image
Jesus resolved the false opposition between obedience and freedom and opened the path to freedom — 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 celebration of Lent, in the context of the Year of Faith, offers us a valuable opportunity to meditate on the relationship… — Pope Benedict XVI Copy Share Image
If we take the Lord's hand and let ourselves be guided by him, the path we take will be right and good. — Pope Benedict XVI Copy Share Image
What is capable of restoring enthusiasm and confidence, what can encourage the human spirit to rediscover its path, to raise its eyes… — Pope Benedict XVI Copy Share Image
The unbreakable bond between love of God and love of neighbor is emphasized. One is so closely connected to the other that… — Pope Benedict XVI Copy Share Image
Anyone who knows he is loved is in turn prompted to love. It is the Lord himself, who loved us first, who… — 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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