People Quotes by Pope Benedict XVI

Sometimes we are looked upon as people who speak only of prohibitions. Nothing could be further from the truth!

— Pope Benedict XVI

It was easy to know the doctrine. It's much harder to help a billion people live it.

— Pope Benedict XVI

The closer a person is to God, the closer he is to people.

— Pope Benedict XVI

Evil draws its power from indecision and concern for what other people think.

— Pope Benedict XVI

Young people in particular, I appeal to you: bear witness to your faith through the digital world.

— Pope Benedict XVI

With the Synod Assembly, therefore, I heartily recommend to the Church's pastors and to the People of God the practice of Eucharistic…

— Pope Benedict XVI

The missionary experience is part of Christian formation and it is important for adolescents and young people to be able to live…

— Pope Benedict XVI

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

[Evangelization] is not something optional, but the very vocation of the People of God, a duty that corresponds to it by the…

— Pope Benedict XVI

Dear young people, let me now ask you a question. What will you leave to the next generation? Are you building your…

— Pope Benedict XVI

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

It is important always to remember that virtual contact cannot and must not take the place of direct human contact with people…

— Pope Benedict XVI

I am convinced that music really is the universal language of beauty which can bring together all people of good will on…

— Pope Benedict XVI

I say to you dear young people: Do not be afraid of Christ! He takes nothing away, and He gives you verything.…

— Pope Benedict XVI

Humanity today is rightly concerned about the ecological balance of tomorrow. It is important for assessments in this regard to be carried…

— Pope Benedict XVI

The main task for us all is that of a new evangelization aimed at helping younger generations to rediscover the true face…

— Pope Benedict XVI

I thank you, dear Brothers, for preaching the love of Christ and exhorting your people to tolerance, respect and love of their…

— Pope Benedict XVI

How many people also in our time are in search of God, in search of Jesus and of his Church, in search…

— Pope Benedict XVI

Dear young people, the happiness you are seeking, the happiness you have a right to enjoy has a name and a face:…

— Pope Benedict XVI

The world needs more than just itself. Amid the dreariness, people do not need a distraction that will in the end become…

— Pope Benedict XVI

The more ardent the love for the Eucharist in the hearts of the Christian people, the more clearly will they recognize the…

— Pope Benedict XVI

In a nuclear war there would be no victors, only victims. The truth of peace require that all-whether those governments which openly…

— Pope Benedict XVI

Authentic love is obviously something good. When we love we become most fully human. But people often consider themselves loving when actually…

— Pope Benedict XVI

To make a concrete response to the appeal of our brothers and sisters in humanity, we must come to grips with the…

— Pope Benedict XVI

Love in truth-caritas in veritate-is a great challenge for the Church in a world that is becoming progressively and pervasively globalized. The…

— Pope Benedict XVI

Authentic love is obviously something good... When we love, we become most fully ourselves, most fully human... People often think they are…

— Pope Benedict XVI

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

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

Prayer itself, born in Catholic families, nurtured by programs of Christian formation, strengthened by the grace of the sacraments, is the first…

— Pope Benedict XVI

Dear young people, the Church depends on you! She needs your lively faith, your creative charity and the energy of your hope.…

— Pope Benedict XVI

The discernment of a vocation is above all the fruit of an intimate dialogue between the Lord and his disciples. Young people,…

— Pope Benedict XVI

The Faith does not mean an alienation from any culture for any people because all cultures await Christ and are not destroyed…

— Pope Benedict XVI

Our Christian conviction is that Christ is also the messiah of Israel. Certainly it is in the hands of God how and…

— Pope Benedict XVI

Dear young people, do not be satisfied with anything less than Truth and Love, do not be content with anything less than…

— Pope Benedict XVI

Music has no borders, no race or color, no limits of country, no ethnicity. Music makes the people come together. Dance it,Dance…

— Pope Benedict XVI

Many people perceive Christianity as something institutional - rather than as an encounter with Christ - which explains why they don't see…

— Pope Benedict XVI

That the entire People of God, to whom Christ entrusted the mandate to go and preach the Gospel to every creature, may…

— Pope Benedict XVI

Global interconnectedness has led to the emergence of a new political power, that of consumers and their associations. It is good for…

— Pope Benedict XVI

The Lord has placed next to me many people, who, with generosity and love for God and the church, have helped me…

— Pope Benedict XVI

If you find your sustenance in Christ, my dear young people, and if you live profoundly in him as did the Apostle…

— Pope Benedict XVI