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Pope Benedict XVI: Discovering the beauty and joy of faith is a path…
“Discovering the beauty and joy of faith is a path that every new generation must take on its own, for all that we have that is most our own and most intimate is staked on faith: our heart, our mind, our freedom, in a deeply personal relationship with the Lord at work within us.” –…
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Pope Benedict XVI: In every time and place, evangelization always has as its starting and finishing points…
“In every time and place, evangelization always has as its starting and finishing points Jesus Christ, the Son of God; and the Crucifix is the supremely distinctive sign of him who announces the Gospel: a sign of love and peace, a call to conversion and reconciliation. ” – Pope Benedict XVI
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Pope Benedict XVI: God loves us despite our shortcomings and sins…
“God loves us despite our shortcomings and sins, and his love gives meaning to our lives and to the life of the world.” – Pope Benedict XVI
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Pope Benedict XVI: Christian charitable activity must be independent of parties and ideologies…
“Christian charitable activity must be independent of parties and ideologies. It is not a means of changing the world ideologically, and it is not at the service of worldly stratagems, but it is a way of making present here and now the love which man always needs.” – Pope Benedict XVI
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Pope Benedict XVI: The legitimate separation of Church and State cannot be taken…
“The legitimate separation of Church and State cannot be taken to mean that the Church must be silent on certain issues, nor that the State may choose not to engage, or be engaged by, the voices of committed believers in determining the values which will shape the future of the nation.” – Pope Benedict XVI
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Pope Benedict XVI: All of us are likewise children of God…
“All of us are likewise children of God. God is the origin of the existence of all creatures, He is the Father of each individual human being, with each of whom He has a unique personal relationship.” – Pope Benedict XVI
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Pope Benedict XVI: We become new if we let ourselves be grasped and shaped by the new Man…
“We become new if we let ourselves be grasped and shaped by the new Man, Jesus Christ. He is the new Man par excellence. In him the new human existence became reality and we can truly become new if we deliver ourselves into his hands and let ourselves be moulded by him.” – Pope Benedict…
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Pope Benedict XVI: We live in a society in which it seems that every space, every moment must be ‘filled’ with initiatives…
“We live in a society in which it seems that every space, every moment must be ‘filled’ with initiatives, activity, sound; often there is not even time to listen and dialogue… Let us not be afraid to be silent outside and inside ourselves, so that we are able not only to perceive God’s voice, but…
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Pope Benedict XVI: Therefore I believe that the most important thing is to revive in the whole Church…
“Therefore I believe that the most important thing … is to revive in the whole Church that positive tension, that yearning to announce Christ again to contemporary man.” – Pope Benedict XVI
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Pope Benedict XVI: The new pope knows that his task is to make the light of Christ shine…
“The new pope knows that his task is to make the light of Christ shine before men and women of world – not his own light, but that of Christ.” – Pope Benedict XVI