Quotes from Pope Benedict XVI
The cardinals have elected me, a simple, humble worker in the Lord's vineyard.
- Pope Benedict XVI
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
Our Earth is talking to us, and we must listen to it and decipher its message if we want to survive.
- Pope Benedict XVI
We must respect the interior laws of creation, of this Earth, to learn these laws and obey them if we want to survive.
- Pope Benedict XVI
The cross reminds us that there is no true love without suffering, there is no gift of life without pain.
- Pope Benedict XVI
If we allow the love of Christ to change our heart, then we can change the world. This is the secret of authentic happiness.
- Pope Benedict XVI
Believing is nothing other than, in the darkness of the world, touching the hand of God, and in this way, in silence, hearing the Word, seeing love.
- Pope Benedict XVI
Faith is not a product of reflection, nor is it even an attempt to penetrate the depths of my own being.
- Pope Benedict XVI
While we rejoice in the new possibilities open to humanity, we also see the dangers arising from these possibilities, and we must ask ourselves how we can overcome them.
- Pope Benedict XVI
In the name of freedom, there has to be a correlation between rights and duties, by which every person is called to assume responsibility for his or her choices, made as a consequence of entering into relations with others.
- Pope Benedict XVI
I am convinced that music really is the universal language of beauty which can bring together all people of good will on earth
- Pope Benedict XVI
I, retired in prayer, will always be with you, and together we will move ahead with the Lord in certainty. The Lord is victorious.
- Pope Benedict XVI