The freedom to kill is not a true freedom, but a tyranny that reduces human beings to slavery. — Pope Benedict XVI Abortion Copy Share Image
I would like everyone to feel loved by the God who gave his son for us and showed us his boundless love.… — Pope Benedict XVI Being Copy Share Image
“The process of continually rereading and drawing out new meanings from words would not have been possible unless the words themselves were… — Pope Benedict XVI Language Copy Share Image
The promotion of human rights remains the most effective strategy for eliminating inequalities between countries and social groups, and for increasing security. — Pope Benedict XVI Country 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 Approach Copy Share Image
[The atheist believes] a world marked by so much injustice, innocent suffering, and cynicism of power cannot be the work of a… — Pope Benedict XVI Atheist Copy Share Image
“we must not forget that people came to Christ from every kind of background and that the early Christian community included more… — Pope Benedict XVI Christian community 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
“Jesus’ teaching is not the product of human learning, of whatever kind. It originates from immediate contact with the Father, from “face-to-face”… — Pope Benedict XVI Dreams Copy Share Image
I would say it simply: No one can give that which he doesn't personally possess, which means we cannot transmit the Holy… — Pope Benedict XVI Copy Share Image
Judas is neither a master of evil nor the figure of a demoniacal power of darkness but rather a sycophant who bows… — Pope Benedict XVI Copy Share Image
Perhaps reluctantly we come to acknowledge that there are also scars which mark the surface of our Earth-erosion, deforestation, the squandering of… — Pope Benedict XVI Copy Share Image
Human rights, of course, must include the right to religious freedom, understood as the expression of a dimension that is at once… — Pope Benedict XVI Believer Copy Share Image
You have suffered grievously and I am truly sorry. I know that nothing can undo the wrong you have endured. Your trust… — Pope Benedict XVI Abuse Copy Share Image
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 Abortion Copy Share Image
Saint Paul asks his disciple Timothy to "aim at faith" (2 Tim 2:22) with the same constancy as when he was a… — Pope Benedict XVI Copy Share Image
When, in adoration, we look at the consecrated Host, the sign of creation speaks to us. And so, we encounter the greatness… — Pope Benedict XVI Adoration Copy Share Image
Those who allow themselves to be led by the Spirit understand that placing oneself at the service of the Gospel is not… — Pope Benedict XVI Copy Share Image
“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 History Copy Share Image
“Death, which, by its very nature, is the end, the destruction of every communication, is changed by him into an act of… — Pope Benedict XVI Communication Copy Share Image
“It is obvious that the concept of truth has become suspect. Of course it is correct that is has been much abused.… — Pope Benedict XVI Tolerance Copy Share Image
The experience of [the African] bishops is that evangelization itself should be foremost, that the God of Jesus Christ must be known,… — Pope Benedict XVI Copy Share Image
The rediscovery of the value of one's own Baptism is at the root of every Christian's missionary commitment, because as we see… — Pope Benedict XVI Baptism Copy Share Image
Purgatory basically means that God can put the pieces back together again. That He can cleanse us in such a way that… — Pope Benedict XVI Copy Share Image
What does Sunday, the day of the Lord, mean for us? It is a day for rest and for family, but first… — Pope Benedict XVI Copy Share Image
God seeks us where we are, not so that we stay there, but so that we may come to be where He… — Pope Benedict XVI Christian inspirational Copy Share Image
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 Borders Copy Share Image
Following Jesus in faith is to walk with him in the communion of the Church. You cannot follow Jesus alone. — Pope Benedict XVI Church Copy Share Image
The Church's mission is to spread hope "contagiously" among all peoples... It is only in this mission that the true journey of… — Pope Benedict XVI Church Copy Share Image
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 Christianity Copy Share Image
“In his self-offering on the Cross, Jesus, as it were, brings all the sin of the world deep within the love of… — Pope Benedict XVI Love Copy Share Image
You must know your faith with the same precision with which a specialist in information technology knows the operating system of a… — Pope Benedict XVI Computer Copy Share Image
Indeed, truth draws strength from itself and not from the number of votes in its favour. — Pope Benedict XVI Copy Share Image
Many people perceive Christianity as something institutional - rather than as an encounter with Christ - which explains why they don't see… — Pope Benedict XVI Christ Copy Share Image
Advent is the spiritual season of hope par excellence, and in this season the whole Church is called to be hope, for… — Pope Benedict XVI Advent Copy Share Image
“The universe is not the product of darkness and unreason. It comes from intelligence, freedom, and from the beauty that is identical… — Pope Benedict XVI Beauty Copy Share Image
The world needs transparent lives, clear souls, pure minds that refuse to be perceived as mere objects of pleasure. — Pope Benedict XVI Christian inspirational Copy Share Image
The cross reminds us that there is no true love without suffering, there is no gift of life without pain. — Pope Benedict XVI Cross Copy Share Image
It is the beautiful task of Advent to awaken in all of us memories of goodness and thus to open doors of… — Pope Benedict XVI Advent Copy Share Image
The happiness you have a right to enjoy has a name and a face: it is Jesus of Nazareth, hidden in the… — Pope Benedict XVI Catholic Copy Share Image
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