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...
exercise age ministry
After having repeatedly examined my conscience before God, I have come to the certainty that my strengths, due to an advanced age, are no longer suited to an adequate exercise of the Petrine ministry.
catholic evolution results
We are not some casual and meaningless product of evolution. Each of us is the result of a thought of God.
humility darkness faces
Hope is practiced through the virtue of patience, which continues to do good even in the face of apparent failure, and through the virtue of humility, which accepts God's mystery and trusts him even at times of darkness.
jesus voice silence
Silence 'is so lacking in this world which is often too noisy, which is not favorable to recollection and listening to the voice of God. In this time of preparation for Christmas, let us cultivate interior recollection so as to receive and keep Jesus in our lives.'
jesus church communion
Following Jesus in faith is to walk with him in the communion of the Church. You cannot follow Jesus alone.
sight rights effort
Every human life is precious in God's sight and no effort should be spared in the attempt to promote throughout the world a genuine respect for the inalienable rights and dignity of individuals and peoples everywhere.
jesus joy
Do not be afraid to say 'yes' to Jesus: to find your joy in doing His will
prayer moving together
I, retired in prayer, will always be with you, and together we will move ahead with the Lord in certainty. The Lord is victorious.
heart men world
God of peace, bring your peace to our violent world: peace in the hearts of all men and women and peace among the nations of the Earth.
unity may shepherds
Grant that we may be one flock and one shepherd. Do not allow your net to be torn, help us to be servants of unity.
spiritual excellence church
Advent is the spiritual season of hope par excellence, and in this season the whole Church is called to be hope, for itself and for the world.
christian believe rome
The main task for us all is that of a new evangelization aimed at helping younger generations to rediscover the true face of God, who is Love. To you young people, who are in search of a firm hope, I address the very words that Saint Paul wrote to the persecuted Christians in Rome at that time: "May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, so that you may abound in hope by the power of the Holy Spirit" (Rom 15:13).
suffering fleeing unions
It is not by sidestepping or fleeing from suffering that we are healed, but rather by our capacity for accepting it, maturing through it and finding meaning through union with Christ, who suffered with infinite love.
essence encounters speak
The essence of Christianity...is an ever-new encounter with... the God who speaks to us, who approaches us and who befriends us!