German - Clergyman | April 16, 1927 -
It's a great responsibility before God, the judge who guides us, who draws us to truth and good, and in this sense the church must unmask evil, rendering present the goodness of God, rendering present his truth, the truly infinite for which we are thirsty.
Pope Benedict XVI
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An important function of theology is to keep religion tied to reason and reason to religion. Both roles are of essential importance for humanity.
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Celibacy is not a matter of compulsion. Someone is accepted as a priest only when he does it of his own accord.
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If we look to the saints, this great luminous wake with which God has passed through history, we truly see that here is a force for good that survives through millennia; here is truly light from light.
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The cardinals have elected me, a simple, humble worker in the Lord's vineyard.
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Both need each other: The agnostic cannot be content to not know, but must be in search of the great truth of faith; the Catholic cannot be content to have faith, but must be in search of God all the time, and in the dialogue with others, a Catholic can learn more about God in a deeper fashion.
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If it is true that the great missionaries of the 16th century were convinced that one who was not baptized was lost - and that explains their missionary commitment - in the Catholic Church after the Second Vatican Council, that conviction was definitely abandoned.
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The fact that the Lord can work and act even with insufficient means consoles me, and above all I entrust myself to your prayers.
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An Adult faith does not follow the waves of fashion and the latest novelties.
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The church is not a political power; it's not a party, but it's a moral power.
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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.
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Loving the church also means having the courage to make difficult, trying choices, having ever before oneself the good of the church and not one's own.
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