Evil draws its power from indecision and concern for what other people think. — Pope Benedict XVI Copy Share Image
Dancing is not a form of expression for the Christian liturgy. — Pope Benedict XVI Christian Copy Share Image
Poverty is a plague against which humanity must fight without cease. — Pope Benedict XVI Copy Share Image
God came into the world to reawaken the thirst for great things in us. — Pope Benedict XVI Christian inspirational Copy Share Image
We were looking for a 'good shepherd,' and instead we got a German shepherd. — Pope Benedict XVI Animal Copy Share Image
Make sure that every person, of whatever background, can find in you a welcoming heart. — Pope Benedict XVI Copy Share Image
Friends, do not be afraid of silence or stillness. Listen to God. Adore Him in the Eucharist. — Pope Benedict XVI Copy Share Image
Thus, the apostles' adventure began as a gathering of persons who open to one another reciprocally. A direct knowledge of the Teacher… — Pope Benedict XVI Adventure Copy Share Image
Our first experience of God is so important, we either experience Him as the police guard that wants to punish or as… — Pope Benedict XVI Christian inspirational Copy Share Image
Seeing with the eyes of Christ, I can give to others much more than their outward necessities; I can give them the… — Pope Benedict XVI Christ Copy Share Image
Humor is in fact an essential element in the mirth of creation. We can see how, in many matters in our lives,… — Pope Benedict XVI Copy Share Image
In this Year of Faith, may every Christian rediscover the beauty of being reborn in the love of God and living as… — Pope Benedict XVI Beauty Copy Share Image
Following Christ's example, we have to learn to give ourselves completely. Anything else is not enough. — Pope Benedict XVI Christ Copy Share Image
God is always faithful to His promises, but He often surprises us in the way He fulfills them. — Pope Benedict XVI Faithful Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
If Jesus has become your hope, communicate this to others with your joy and your spiritual, apostolic and social engagement. Let Christ… — Pope Benedict XVI Copy Share Image
For in this world, marked by sin, the gravitational pull of our lives is weighted by the chains of the "I" and… — Pope Benedict XVI Copy Share Image
Each generation, as it seeks to advance the common good, must ask anew: 'What are the requirements that governments may reasonably impose… — Pope Benedict XVI Copy Share Image
If a Pope clearly realizes that he is no longer physically, psychologically, and spiritually capable of handling the duties of his office,… — 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 Catholic Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
How much we need, in the church and in society, witnesses of the beauty of holiness, witnesses of the splendour of truth,… — Pope Benedict XVI Beauty Copy Share Image
The answer to our cry which God gave in Jesus infinitely transcends our expectations, achieving a solidarity which cannot be human alone,… — Pope Benedict XVI Copy Share Image
Prudence does not mean failing to accept responsibilities and postponing decisions; it means being committed to making joint decisions after pondering responsibly… — Pope Benedict XVI Copy Share Image
“Paulinus lived communion above all through a pronounced practice of spiritual friendship. He was truly a master in this, making his life… — Pope Benedict XVI Communion Copy Share Image
I thank Missio, (Pontifical Mission Societies), the primary instruments for cooperation in the universal Church's universal mission in the world. Through their… — Pope Benedict XVI Action Copy Share Image
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 Ardent Copy Share Image
“...when today as believers in our age we hear it said, a little enviously perhaps, that in the Middle Ages everyone without… — Pope Benedict XVI Behind the scenes Copy Share Image
“Whether it is Bach or Mozart that we hear in church, we have a sense in either case of what gloria Dei,… — Pope Benedict XVI Art Copy Share Image
For more than 160 years, through the initiative of the French bishop Charles de Forbin Janson, the childhood of Jesus has become… — Pope Benedict XVI Bishops Copy Share Image
Because the truth of God is love, conversion to God is conversion to love. — Pope Benedict XVI Communication Copy Share Image
The church is not a political power; it's not a party, but it's a moral power. — Pope Benedict XVI Church Copy Share Image
Do you want to know yourself better? Then discover silence. — Pope Benedict XVI Inspirational Copy Share Image
Enough with the slaughters. Enough with the violence. Enough with the hatred in Iraq! — Pope Benedict XVI Copy Share Image
Palm Sunday tells us that...it is the cross that is the true tree of life. — Pope Benedict XVI Cross Copy Share Image
Dialogue is the fundamental unfolding of a gift of oneself to another. — Pope Benedict XVI Communication Copy Share Image
When politicians presume to do God's work, they do not become divine but diabolical. — Pope Benedict XVI Diabolical Copy Share Image
