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"...
fall hands ends
We can fall, but in the end we fall into God's hands, and God's hands are good hands.
blessing hands opening-up
The blessing hands of Christ are like a roof that protects us. But at the same time, they are a gesture of opening up, tearing the world open so that heaven my enter in, may become "present" within it.
country rights groups
The promotion of human rights remains the most effective strategy for eliminating inequalities between countries and social groups, and for increasing security.
attitude wind ego
A dictatorship of relativism is being built that recognizes nothing as definite, and which leaves as the ultimate measure only one's ego and desires ... Having a clear faith, according to the credo of the church, is often labeled as fundamentalism. Yet relativism, that is, letting oneself being carried 'here and there by any wind of doctrine,' appears as the sole attitude good enough for modern times.
two treasure small-words
What a treasure is hidden in two small words: 'thank you!'
faith inspiration humility
To make the sign of the cross is to pronounce a visible and public yes to him who died for us and who is risen, to the God who in the humility and weakness of his love is omnipotent, stronger than all the power and intelligence of the world.
greatness way comfort
The ways of the Lord are not comfortable, but we were not created for comfort, but for greatness, for good.
son holy-eucharist catholic
In the Eucharist, the Son of God comes to meet us and desires to become one with us; eucharistic adoration is simply the natural consequence of the eucharistic celebration, which is itself the Church's supreme act of adoration.
faith inspiration heart
Only if there is love, if hearts are opened, can one person truly know the other.
mean church development
The primary contribution that the Church offers to the development of mankind and peoples does not consist merely in material means or technical solutions. Rather, it involves the proclamation of the truth of Christ.
faith inspiration humility
God loves us; we need only to summon up the humility to allow ourselves to be loved.
faith inspiration way
Only from God does true revolution come... the definitive way to change the world.
children greatest-treasure evil
Children truly are the family's greatest treasure and most precious good. Consequently, everyone must be helped to become aware of the intrinsic evil of the crime of abortion. In attacking human life in its very first stages, it is also an aggression against society itself. Politicians and legislators, therefore, as servants of the common good, are duty bound to defend the fundamental right to life, the fruit of God's love.
men light order
Sometimes men and women prefer the darkness to the light because they are attached to their sins. Nevertheless it is only by opening oneself to the light and only by sincerely confessing one's sins to God that one finds true peace and true joy. It is therefore important to receive the Sacrament of Penance regularly, especially during Lent, in order to receive the Lord's forgiveness and to intensify our process of conversion.