Time Quotes by Pope Benedict XVI

Chicks bleed out their vaginas all the time.

— Pope Benedict XVI

We can learn from him that suffering and the gift of himself is an essential gift we need in our time.

— Pope Benedict XVI

At the time of Galileo the Church remained much more reasonable than Galileo himself. The process against Galileo was reasonable and just.

— Pope Benedict XVI

An authentic updating of sacred music can take place only in the lineage of the great tradition of the past, of Gregorian…

— Pope Benedict XVI

“To the extent that it remains true to itself, the historical method not only has to investigate the biblical word as a…

— Pope Benedict XVI

Do not believe that living together before marriage guarantees the future. By burning certain stages, you risk burning love itself. Time needs…

— Pope Benedict XVI

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

The human being of all times prays because he cannot fail to wonder about the meaning of his life, which remains obscure…

— Pope Benedict XVI

Dear friends, may no adversity paralyze you. Be afraid neither of the world, nor of the future, nor of your weakness. The…

— Pope Benedict XVI

A Christian knows when it is time to speak of God and when it is better to say nothing and to let…

— Pope Benedict XVI

Hope is practiced through the virtue of patience, which continues to do good even in the face of apparent failure, and through…

— Pope Benedict XVI

The fundamental human right, the presupposition of every other right, is the right to life itself. This is true of life from…

— 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

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

— Pope Benedict XVI

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

“Eusebius strongly challenges believers of all times on their approach to the events of history and of the Church in particular. He…

— Pope Benedict XVI

We live in a society in which it seems that every space, every moment must be 'filled' with initiatives, activity, sound; often…

— Pope Benedict XVI

Vacation time offers the unique opportunity to pause before the thought-provoking spectacles of nature, a wonderful "book" within reach of everyone, adults…

— Pope Benedict XVI

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

— Pope Benedict XVI

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

“There are times when the burden of need and our own limitations might tempt us to become discouraged. But precisely then we…

— Pope Benedict XVI

The Gospel is not merely a communication of things that can be known - it is one that makes things happen and…

— Pope Benedict XVI

The ecological crisis shows the urgency of a solidarity which embraces time and space... A greater sense of intergenerational solidarity is urgently…

— Pope Benedict XVI

There is an urgent need for the emergence of a new generation of apostles anchored firmly in the word of Christ, capable…

— Pope Benedict XVI

Today, having a clear faith based on the Creed of the Church is often labeled today as fundamentalism. Whereas relativism, that is,…

— Pope Benedict XVI

“One has to make do with what time one has. I was conscious that my task was of another kind: that I…

— Pope Benedict XVI

Eternity is not an unending succession of days in the calendar, but something more like the supreme moment of satisfaction, in which…

— Pope Benedict XVI

As I passed alongside it, I prayed for a future in which the peoples of the Holy Land can live together in…

— Pope Benedict XVI

God is alive. He has created every one of us, and he knows us all. He is so great that He has…

— Pope Benedict XVI

A united humanity will be able to confront the many troubling problems of the present time: from the menace of terrorism to…

— Pope Benedict XVI

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

— Pope Benedict XVI

Love looks to the eternal. Love is indeed "ecstasy," not in the sense of a moment of intoxication, but rather as a…

— Pope Benedict XVI

Faith in the resurrection of Jesus says that there is a future for every human being; the cry for unending life which…

— Pope Benedict XVI

In the eyes of the unrighteous it appeared that God did not intervene and that His Son died, but for believers it…

— Pope Benedict XVI

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

— Pope Benedict XVI