Pope Benedict
Pope Benedict
Benedict has been the regnal name of fifteen Roman Catholic popes. The name is derived from the Latin benedictus, meaning "blessed"...
doe matter celibacy
Celibacy is not a matter of compulsion. Someone is accepted as a priest only when he does it of his own accord.
pain idols our-world
Our world has grown weary of greed, exploitation and division, of the tedium of false idols and piecemeal responses, and the pain of false promises.
church facts constitution
The fact that the church is convinced of not having the right to confer priestly ordination on women is now considered by some as irreconcilable with the European Constitution.
men rights population
Every State has the primary duty to protect its own population from grave and sustained violations of human rights, as well as from the consequences of humanitarian crises, whether natural or man-made.
roots selfishness branches
Indeed, beauty is one of mankind's greatest needs; it is the root from which the branches of our peace and the fruits of our hope come forth. Beauty also reveals God because, like him, a work of beauty is pure gratuity; it calls us to freedom and draws us away from selfishness.
knowing joy christ
Let us seek in particular to communicate the deepest joy, that of knowing God in Christ.
generosity church needs
The Church needs your faith, your idealism, and your generosity, so that she can always be young in Spirit.
mean sunday firsts
What does Sunday, the day of the Lord, mean for us? It is a day for rest and for family, but first of all a day for Him.
teacher adventure gathering
Thus, the apostles' adventure began as a gathering of persons who open to one another reciprocally. A direct knowledge of the Teacher began for the disciples.
thankfulness able bears
Thanks to being profoundly rooted in Christ, he was able to bear a burden which transcends merely human abilities.
real religion church
We do not seek a Christ whom we have invented, for only in the real communion of the Church do we encounter the real Christ.
responsibility heart men
To me, its seems necessary to rediscover - and the energy to do so exists - that even the political and economic spheres need moral responsibility, a responsibility that is born in man's heart and, in the end, has to do with the presence or absence of God.
brother rome joy
For me, it's a great joy to be together with priests: in the end, the bishop of Rome is the bishop and brother of all priests. His mandate is to confirm the brothers in the faith.
jesus expectations answers
The answer to our cry which God gave in Jesus infinitely transcends our expectations, achieving a solidarity which cannot be human alone, but divine. Only the God who is love, and the love which is God, could choose to save us in this way, which is certainly the lengthiest way, yet the way which respects the truth about him and about us: the way of reconciliation, dialogue and cooperation.