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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It is just one year since his pontificate entered its final phase, full of suffering and yet triumphant and truly paschal.
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The loving eyes of God look on the human being, considered full and complete at its beginning.
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A good confession before Easter remains an obligation that should be fully valued and gives us the opportunity to start anew.
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Purgatory basically means that God can put the pieces back together again. That He can cleanse us in such a way that we are able to be with Him and can stand there in the fullness of life. Purgatory strips off from one person what is unbearable and from another the inability to bear certain things, so that in each of them a pure heart is revealed, and we can see that we all belong together in one enormous symphony of being.
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Dear young people, the happiness you are seeking, the happiness you have a right to enjoy has a name and a face: it is Jesus of Nazareth, hidden in the Eucharist. Only he gives the fullness of life to humanity! With Mary, say your own "yes" to God, for he wishes to give himself to you.
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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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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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We wish to pray for peace in the Holy Land.
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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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On March 24 I will hold a consistory, for which I will nominate the new members of the College of Cardinals.
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I am touched by this important appeal and I invite you to join it for peace in that troubled nation.
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No pope ever left us as many texts as he did; no pope in the past was able to visit all the world like he did and to speak directly to men of all continents. But in the end, he was struck by the path of suffering and silence.
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Let us pray that the Holy Spirit illuminates, inspires and guides the work of the synod and pushes us to charity, agreement and the service of the truth.
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Lent is, in the end, through alms giving, the occasion for sincere sharing of gifts received with one's brothers and for attention to the needs of the poorest and abandoned ones.