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title: "19 Young Quotes By Pope Benedict XVI"
description: "19 Young quotes by Pope Benedict XVI. Plus more from Pope Benedict XVI and more Young sayings from other authors."
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> [Dear young people, do not be satisfied with anything less than Truth and Love, do not be content with anything less than…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pope-benedict-xvi/dear-young-people-do-not-be-satisfied-with-anything-less-than-truth/)

[Pope Benedict XVI](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pope-benedict-xvi/)

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> [Dear young people, the Church depends on you! She needs your lively faith, your creative charity and the energy of your hope.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pope-benedict-xvi/dear-young-people-the-church-depends-on-you-she-needs-your-lively/)

[Pope Benedict XVI](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pope-benedict-xvi/)

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> [Dear young people, let me now ask you a question. What will you leave to the next generation? Are you building your…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pope-benedict-xvi/dear-young-people-let-me-now-ask-you-a-question-what-will-you-leave/)

[Pope Benedict XVI](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pope-benedict-xvi/)

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> [The missionary experience is part of Christian formation and it is important for adolescents and young people to be able to live…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pope-benedict-xvi/the-missionary-experience-is-part-of-christian-formation-and-it-is/)

[Pope Benedict XVI](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pope-benedict-xvi/)

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> [The Church needs your faith, your idealism and your generosity, so that she can always be young in the Spirit.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pope-benedict-xvi/the-church-needs-your-faith-your-idealism-and-your-generosity-so-that/)

[Pope Benedict XVI](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pope-benedict-xvi/)

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> [Young people in particular, I appeal to you: bear witness to your faith through the digital world.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pope-benedict-xvi/young-people-in-particular-i-appeal-to-you-bear-witness-to-your-faith-2/)

[Pope Benedict XVI](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pope-benedict-xvi/)

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> [Dear young people, we have seen that it is the Holy Spirit who brings about the wonderful communion of believers in Jesus…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pope-benedict-xvi/dear-young-people-we-have-seen-that-it-is-the-holy-spirit-who-brings/)

[Pope Benedict XVI](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pope-benedict-xvi/)

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> [Young people in particular, I appeal to you: bear witness to your faith through the digital world!…Employ these new technologies to make…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pope-benedict-xvi/young-people-in-particular-i-appeal-to-you-bear-witness-to-your-faith/)

[Pope Benedict XVI](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pope-benedict-xvi/)

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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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pope-benedict-xvi/to-some-extent-this-urge-to-break-out-of-the-ordinary-is-present-in/)

[Pope Benedict XVI](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pope-benedict-xvi/)

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> [Dear young people, the happiness you are seeking, the happiness you have a right to enjoy has a name and a face:…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pope-benedict-xvi/dear-young-people-the-happiness-you-are-seeking-the-happiness-you/)

[Pope Benedict XVI](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pope-benedict-xvi/)

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> [I say to you dear young people: Do not be afraid of Christ! He takes nothing away, and He gives you verything.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pope-benedict-xvi/i-say-to-you-dear-young-people-do-not-be-afraid-of-christ-he-takes/)

[Pope Benedict XVI](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pope-benedict-xvi/)

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> [Those who allow themselves to be led by the Spirit understand that placing oneself at the service of the Gospel is not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pope-benedict-xvi/those-who-allow-themselves-to-be-led-by-the-spirit-understand-that/)

[Pope Benedict XVI](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pope-benedict-xvi/)

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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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pope-benedict-xvi/if-you-abide-in-the-love-of-christ-rooted-in-the-faith-you-will/)

[Pope Benedict XVI](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pope-benedict-xvi/)

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> [The discernment of a vocation is above all the fruit of an intimate dialogue between the Lord and his disciples. Young people,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pope-benedict-xvi/the-discernment-of-a-vocation-is-above-all-the-fruit-of-an-intimate/)

[Pope Benedict XVI](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pope-benedict-xvi/)

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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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pope-benedict-xvi/anyone-who-knows-he-is-loved-is-in-turn-prompted-to-love-it-is-the/)

[Pope Benedict XVI](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pope-benedict-xvi/)

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> [Prayer itself, born in Catholic families, nurtured by programs of Christian formation, strengthened by the grace of the sacraments, is the first…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pope-benedict-xvi/prayer-itself-born-in-catholic-families-nurtured-by-programs-of/)

[Pope Benedict XVI](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pope-benedict-xvi/)

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> [The main task for us all is that of a new evangelization aimed at helping younger generations to rediscover the true face…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pope-benedict-xvi/the-main-task-for-us-all-is-that-of-a-new-evangelization-aimed-at/)

[Pope Benedict XVI](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pope-benedict-xvi/)

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> [I think in particular of our need to speak to the hearts of young people, who, despite their constant exposure to messages…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pope-benedict-xvi/i-think-in-particular-of-our-need-to-speak-to-the-hearts-of-young/)

[Pope Benedict XVI](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pope-benedict-xvi/)

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> [If you find your sustenance in Christ, my dear young people, and if you live profoundly in him as did the Apostle…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pope-benedict-xvi/if-you-find-your-sustenance-in-christ-my-dear-young-people-and-if-you/)

[Pope Benedict XVI](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pope-benedict-xvi/)

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## Other authors on Young

## More by Pope Benedict XVI

> [The fact that the Lord can work and act even with insufficient means consoles me, and above all I entrust myself to your prayers.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pope-benedict-xvi/the-fact-that-the-lord-can-work-and-act-even-with-insufficient-means/)

[Pope Benedict XVI](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pope-benedict-xvi/)

> [The essence of Christianity...is an ever-new encounter with... the God who speaks to us, who approaches us and who befriends us!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pope-benedict-xvi/the-essence-of-christianity-is-an-ever-new-encounter-with-the-god-who/)

[Pope Benedict XVI](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pope-benedict-xvi/)

> [If you abide in the love of Christ, rooted in the faith, you will encounter, even amid setbacks and suffering, the source of true…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pope-benedict-xvi/if-you-abide-in-the-love-of-christ-rooted-in-the-faith-you-will/)

[Pope Benedict XVI](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pope-benedict-xvi/)

> [Continue to witness to the Gospel every day and commit yourselves generously in the next missionary initiatives in the Diocese of Rome.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pope-benedict-xvi/continue-to-witness-to-the-gospel-every-day-and-commit-yourselves/)

[Pope Benedict XVI](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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 is a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pope-benedict-xvi/jesus-example-of-fidelity-to-prayer-challenges-us-to-examine-the-time/)

[Pope Benedict XVI](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pope-benedict-xvi/)

> [If we look to the saints, this great luminous wake with which God has passed through history, we truly see that here is a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pope-benedict-xvi/if-we-look-to-the-saints-this-great-luminous-wake-with-which-god-has/)

[Pope Benedict XVI](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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 in relation…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pope-benedict-xvi/joseph-ratzinger-never-developed-his-own-theological-system-as-a/)

[Pope Benedict XVI](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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 take notice…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pope-benedict-xvi/jesus-christ-does-not-teach-us-a-spirituality-of-closed-eyes-but-one/)

[Pope Benedict XVI](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pope-benedict-xvi/)

> [Joy is the true gift of Christmas.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pope-benedict-xvi/joy-is-the-true-gift-of-christmas/)

[Pope Benedict XVI](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pope-benedict-xvi/)

> [Material possessions, in themselves, are good. We would not survive for long without money, clothing and shelter. We must eat in order to stay…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pope-benedict-xvi/material-possessions-in-themselves-are-good-we-would-not-survive-for/)

[Pope Benedict XVI](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pope-benedict-xvi/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pope-benedict-xvi/one-of-the-promising-indications-of-a-renewal-in-the-church-s/)

[Pope Benedict XVI](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pope-benedict-xvi/)

> [God loves us despite our shortcomings and sins, and his love gives meaning to our lives and to the life of the world.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pope-benedict-xvi/god-loves-us-despite-our-shortcomings-and-sins-and-his-love-gives/)

[Pope Benedict XVI](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pope-benedict-xvi/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pope-benedict-xvi/it-s-a-great-responsibility-before-god-the-judge-who-guides-us-who/)

[Pope Benedict XVI](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pope-benedict-xvi/)

> [Discovering the beauty and joy of faith is a path that every new generation must take on its own.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pope-benedict-xvi/discovering-the-beauty-and-joy-of-faith-is-a-path-that-every-new/)

[Pope Benedict XVI](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pope-benedict-xvi/)

> [Apostolic and missionary fruitfulness is not principally due to programmes and pastoral methods that are cleverly drawn up and "efficient", but is the result…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pope-benedict-xvi/apostolic-and-missionary-fruitfulness-is-not-principally-due-to/)

[Pope Benedict XVI](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pope-benedict-xvi/)

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