God does not change; he is Love, ever and always. In himself, he is communion, unity in Trinity, and all his words and works are directed to communion. - Pope Benedict XVI 1 Share Now -
The life of the community, both domestically and internationally, clearly demonstrates that respect for rights, and the guarantees that follow from them, are measures of the common good that serve to evaluate the relationship between justice and injustice, development and poverty, security and conflict. - Pope Benedict XVI 2 Share Now -
We must have great respect for these people who also suffer and who want to find their own way of correct living. On the other hand, to create a legal form of a kind of homosexual marriage, in reality, does not help these people. - Pope Benedict XVI 3 Share Now -
God of peace, bring your peace to our violent world: peace in the hearts of all men and women and peace among the nations of the Earth. - Pope Benedict XVI 4 Share Now -
The Gospel purifies and renews: it bears fruit wherever the community of believers hears and welcomes the grace of God in truth and lives in charity. This is my faith; this is my joy. - Pope Benedict XVI 5 Share Now -
The wrath of God is a way of saying that I have been living in a way that is contrary to the love that is God. Anyone who begins to live and grow away from God, who lives away from what is good, is turning his life toward wrath. - Pope Benedict XVI 6 Share Now -
A just laicism allows religious freedom. The state does not impose religion but rather gives space to religions with a responsibility toward civil society, and therefore it allows these religions to be factors in building up society. - Pope Benedict XVI 7 Share Now -
On the one hand, faith is a profoundly personal contact with God, which touches me in my innermost being and places me in front of the living God in absolute immediacy in such a way that I can speak with Him, love Him, and enter into communion with Him. - Pope Benedict XVI 8 Share Now -
In reality, I am more a professor, one who reflects and mediates on spiritual questions. Practical governance is not my strong point, and this is certainly a weakness. But I do not see myself as a failure. For eight years, I carried out my work. - Pope Benedict XVI 9 Share Now -
God of peace, bring your peace to our violent world: peace in the hearts of all men and women and peace among the nations of the Earth. - Pope Benedict XVI 10 Share Now -
