Pope Benedict XVI
Pope 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...
NationalityGerman
ProfessionReligious Leader
Date of Birth16 April 1927
CityMarktl, Germany
CountryGermany
Pope Benedict XVI quotes about
- encouragement
- charity
- persevere
- environmental
- gods-creation
- world
- catholic
- german-shepherds
- good-shepherd
- thankfulness
- able
- bears
- passing-away
- eternity
- guarantees-that
- rights
- justice
- proof
- evolution
- results
- diversity
- fundamentals
- unfolding
- god-is-love
- conversation
- truth-of-god
- choices
- novelty
- possibility
- expression
dream jesus real
The Jesus who makes everything okay for everyone is a phantom, a dream, not a real figure...
aquariums suffering essentials
We can learn from him that suffering and the gift of himself is an essential gift we need in our time.
chicks
Chicks bleed out their vaginas all the time.
thankfulness able bears
Thanks to being profoundly rooted in Christ, he was able to bear a burden which transcends merely human abilities.
encouragement charity persevere
I send them my warmest encouragement to persevere in the patience and charity of Christ.
rights population needs
Too often, attention is diverted from the needs of populations, insufficient emphasis is placed on work in the fields, and the goods of the earth are not given adequate protection. As a result, economic imbalance is produced, and the inalienable rights and dignity of every human person are ignored.
doors years rose
Go forth! Carry the good tidings to the poor, bind the wounds of the brokenhearted, proclaim freedom to slaves, open the doors of prisons to those within, promulgate the year of the Lord's mercy... Bring into the world the hope of God, which is Christ the Lord Who rose from the dead and lives and reigns forever.
priorities church needs
The need to proclaim Christ boldly and courageously is a continuing priority for the Church; indeed it is a solemn duty laid upon her by Christ who enjoined the Apostles to 'go out to the whole world, proclaim the Good News to all creation.'
rome next missionary
Continue to witness to the Gospel every day and commit yourselves generously in the next missionary initiatives in the Diocese of Rome.
practice people community
With the Synod Assembly, therefore, I heartily recommend to the Church's pastors and to the People of God the practice of Eucharistic Adoration, both individually and in community
diversity fundamentals unfolding
Dialogue is the fundamental unfolding of a gift of oneself to another.
pride self church
How much filth there is in the church, even among those who, in the priesthood, should belong entirely to Him. How much pride, how much self-sufficiency.
roots giving justice
It is necessary not only to relieve the gravest needs but to go to their roots, proposing measures that will give social, political and economic structures a more equitable and solidaristic configuration.
choices novelty possibility
Do not be fooled by those who see you as just another consumer in a market of undifferentiated possibilities, where choice itself becomes the good, novelty usurps beauty, and subjective experience displaces truth.