German - Clergyman | April 16, 1927 -
We pray that the Lord may help us to produce His light in ourselves, even in dark days, so that we might be light for others, illuminating the world and life in this world.
Pope Benedict XVI
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We have to pay attention to developing well, in the correct manner, the human aspects also in the professions, in respect of other persons, in being concerned for others, which is the best way of being concerned for ourselves.
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A form of reason that in some way wished to strip itself of beauty would be diminished; it would be a blinded reason.
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The counterweight to the dominion of evil can consist in the first place only in the divine-human love of Jesus Christ that is always greater than any possible power of evil.
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Faith is not a product of reflection, nor is it even an attempt to penetrate the depths of my own being.
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Our Earth is talking to us, and we must listen to it and decipher its message if we want to survive.
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We all see that, today, man can destroy the foundation of his existence: his Earth.
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This obedience to the voice of the Earth is more important for our future happiness... than the desires of the moment.
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In the 20th century, in the darkest period of German and European history, an insane racist ideology, born of neopaganism, gave rise to the attempt, planned and systematically carried out by the regime, to exterminate European Jews. The result has passed into history as the Shoah.
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The principle of tolerance and respect for freedom promoted by the reforms of the Second Vatican Council are today being manipulated and erroneously taken too far.
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The hatred and contempt for men, women and children that was manifested in the Shoah was a crime against God and against humanity.
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Germany has an established and well-furnished Catholicism, often with employed Catholics who handle the church like a labor union. For them, the church is simply the employer.
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