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"...
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We can be sure our beloved pope is standing today at the window of the father's house, that he sees us and blesses us.
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I thank Divine Providence for the breath of a new spirit that this movement brought to the events of contemporary Europe. May God bless all those who are committed to promoting social justice and the good of workers.
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We have all been touched by the case of little Tommaso. Let us pray for him and all victims of violence.
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John Paul II died as he always lived, animated by the indomitable courage of faith, abandoning himself to God and entrusting himself to holy Mary.
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John Paul died as he lived, moved by an indomitable courage of faith.
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Joy is the true gift of Christmas, not expensive gifts that cost time and money, but joy.
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Limbo has never been a definitive truth of the faith. Personally, I would let it drop, since it has always been only a theological hypothesis.
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True love does not eliminate legitimate differences, but harmonizes them in a superior unity, which is not imposed from the outside, but gives shape to the whole from inside.
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Those who were able to get close to him could almost touch with their hand his sound and solid faith.
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tireless witness of the Gospel of peace and reconciliation.
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Where the Church is, there is the Spirit of God. And there the Spirit is, there is the Church and all grace.
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Whenever totalitarian ideology crushes man underfoot, all humanity is seriously threatened.
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We too are called to be attentive to the needs of our suffering brothers and sisters as part of our Lenten observance.
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Today I have the joy of presiding for the first time over a canonization rite.