Benedict XVI
Benedict XVI
Pope Benedict XVIserved as pope of the Catholic Church from 2005 to 2013. He was elected pope on 19 April 2005, was inaugurated on 24 April 2005 and resigned from the office on 28 February 2013. Benedict's election occurred in a papal conclave following the death of Pope John Paul II...
shapes rosary mystery
With the Rosary, we allow ourselves to be guided by Mary, model of faith, in meditating on the mysteries of Christ, and day after day we are helped to assimilate the Gospel, so that it shapes all our lives.
blessing hands opening-up
The blessing hands of Christ are like a roof that protects us. But at the same time, they are a gesture of opening up, tearing the world open so that heaven my enter in, may become "present" within it.
earth legs lasts
I am simply a pilgrim beginning the last leg of his pilgrimage on this earth,
faith inspiration world
God came into the world to reawaken the thirst for great things in us.
eye son moments
In the eyes of the unrighteous it appeared that God did not intervene and that His Son died, but for believers it was at that precise moment that true glory was manifested and definitive salvation achieved.
mistake holiness doe
Holiness does not consist in not making mistakes or never sinning. Holiness grows with capacity for conversion, repentance, willingness to begin again, and above all with the capacity for reconciliation and forgiveness.
christian expression dancing
Dancing is not a form of expression for the Christian liturgy.
grace mercy power-of-god
We must trust in the mighty power of God's mercy. We are all sinners, but His grace transforms us and makes us new.
attention development matter
Preservation of the environment, promotion of sustainable development and particular attention to climate change are matters of grave concern for the entire human family.
war government nuclear-disarmament
In a nuclear war there would be no victors, only victims. The truth of peace require that all-whether those governments which openly or secretly possess nuclear arms, or those planning to acquire them- agree to change their course by clear and firm decision and strive for a progressive and concerted nuclear disarmament. The resources which would be saved could then be employed in projects of development capable of benefiting all their people, especially the poor.
powerful giving silence
Advent, this powerful liturgical season that we are beginning, invites us to pause in silence to understand a presence. It is an invitation to understand that the individual events of the day are hints that God is giving us, signs of the attention he has for each one of us.
sunday tree crosses
But Palm Sunday tells us that ... it is the cross that is the true tree of life.
christian son joy
If only everyone could experience the joy of being Christian, being loved by God Who gave His Son for us!
moving goal ego
We are moving toward a dictatorship of relativism which does not recognize anything as for certain and which has as its highest goal one's own ego and one's own desires.