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
force god good great history light luminous passed survives truly wake
If we look to the saints, this great luminous wake with which God has passed through history, we truly see that here is a force for good that survives through millennia; here is truly light from light.
brings citizen clearly dimension expression freedom human include individual religious understood
Human rights, of course, must include the right to religious freedom, understood as the expression of a dimension that is at once individual and communitarian - a vision that brings out the unity of the person while clearly distinguishing between the dimension of the citizen and that of the believer.
boundless gave god joy love loved
I would like everyone to feel loved by the God who gave his son for us and showed us his boundless love. I want everyone to feel the joy of being Christian.
church draws god good goodness great guides infinite judge present responsibility truly truth
It's a great responsibility before God, the judge who guides us, who draws us to truth and good, and in this sense the church must unmask evil, rendering present the goodness of God, rendering present his truth, the truly infinite for which we are thirsty.
life outpouring source
The outpouring of Christ's blood is the source of the church's life.