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"...
attention development matter
Preservation of the environment, promotion of sustainable development and particular attention to climate change are matters of grave concern for the entire human family.
moving goal ego
We are moving toward a dictatorship of relativism which does not recognize anything as for certain and which has as its highest goal one's own ego and one's own desires.
people together earth
I am convinced that music really is the universal language of beauty which can bring together all people of good will on earth
spiritual jesus easter
Lent is like a long 'retreat' during which we can turn back into ourselves and listen to the voice of God, in order to defeat the temptations of the Evil One. It is a period of spiritual 'combat' which we must experience alongside Jesus, not with pride and presumption, but using the arms of faith: prayer, listening to the word of God and penance. In this way we will be able to celebrate Easter in truth, ready to renew the promises of our Baptism.
hands self possibility
There is no other possibility for possessing certitude with regard to one's life apart from self-abandonmen t, in a continuous crescendo, into the hands of a love that seems to grow constantly because it has its origin in God.
doors giving people
I say to you dear young people: Do not be afraid of Christ! He takes nothing away, and He gives you verything. When we give ourselves to him, we receive a hundredfold in return. Yes, open, open wide the doors to Christ and you will find true life.
earth legs lasts
I am simply a pilgrim beginning the last leg of his pilgrimage on this earth,
christian expression dancing
Dancing is not a form of expression for the Christian liturgy.
believe men important
I believe that the most important thing...is to revive in the whole Church that positive tension, that yearning to announce Christ again to contemporary man.
reality hands understanding
This clash is an absurdity because on one hand there is much scientific proof in favor of evolution, which appears as a reality that we must see and which enriches our understanding of life and being as such.
sunday tree crosses
But Palm Sunday tells us that ... it is the cross that is the true tree of life.
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.
christian son joy
If only everyone could experience the joy of being Christian, being loved by God Who gave His Son for us!
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.