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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The very same pastoral sensibility in the face of real situations must end up safeguarding the truth and applying the necessary rules to safeguard it.
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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.
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In Jesus Christ, God took on a human face and became our friend and brother.
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In the face of horror ... there is no other answer than the cross of Christ: Love that descends to the abyss of evil.
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Look at the face of the other... discover that he has a soul, a history and a life, that he is a person and that God loves this person.
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While conscious of the challenges you face, I encourage you to follow faithfully in the footsteps of your founders, and to stir into flame the charisms and apostolic zeal which you have inherited from them, confident that Christ will continue to work with you and to confirm your preaching with signs of his presence and power.
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We wish to pray for peace in the Holy Land.
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On this night, when we look toward Bethlehem, let us pray in a special way for the birthplace of our Redeemer and for the men and women who live and suffer there.
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Either we make him a simple devout expression, or he is denied everything, he is banished from public life, thus losing all meaning.
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Thank you for your service of 500 years!
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Concerning the international crises linked to nuclear power, may an honorable solution be found for all parties, through serious and honest negotiations.
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Contemporary societies, while gifted with many means, do not always manage to facilitate the mission of parents, both on the level of spiritual and moral motivation and on that of the practical conditions of life.
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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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You are going to be a great artist.