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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God comes down and becomes a slave he washes our feet so we can be at his table. The bath in which he washes us is his love, ready to confront death. Only love has the purifying force that takes away our filth and elevates us to God.Pope Benedict
A Catholic would be guilty of formal cooperation in evil, and so unworthy to present himself for holy Communion, if he were to deliberately vote for a candidate precisely because of the candidate'spermissive stand on abortion andor euthanasia. When a Catholic does not share a candidate's stand in favor of abortion andor euthanasia, but votes for that candidate for other reasons, it is considered remote material cooperation, which can be permitted in the presence of proportionate reasons.
Pope Benedict
a healthy secularism of the State, by virtue of which temporal realities are governed according to their own norms but which does not exclude those ethical references that are ultimately founded in religion.
Pope Benedict
Wherever applause breaks out in the liturgy because of some human achievement, it is a sure sign that the essence of liturgy has totally disappeared and been replaced by a kind of religious entertainment. Such attraction fades quickly - it cannot compete in the market of leisure pursuits, incorporating as it increasingly does various forms of religious titillation.
Pope Benedict
Do not fear put your trust in him. The life-giving power of his light is an incentive for building a new world order based on just ethical and economic relationships.
Pope Benedict
not tolerance but hypocrisy.
Pope Benedict
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When the gods wish to punish us they answer our prayers.
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