Quotes from Pope Benedict XVI

If the protection of the environment involves costs, they should be justly distributed, taking due account of the different levels of development of various countries and the need for solidarity with future generations.

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.

I leave from where the apostle arrived.

Joy is the true gift of Christmas.

Terrorist activity is continually recurring in various parts of the world, sowing death and destruction and plunging many of our brothers and sisters into grief and despair

Every State has the primary duty to protect its own population from grave and sustained violations of human rights, as well as from the consequences of humanitarian crises, whether natural or man-made.

To me, it really seems visible today that ethics is not something exterior to the economy, which, as technical matter, could function on its own; rather, ethics is an interior principle of the economy itself, which cannot function if it does not take account of the human values of solidarity and reciprocal responsibility.

Following Christ's example, we have to learn to give ourselves completely. Anything else is not enough.

It is important to be in the 'we' of the Church, in the 'we' of the life of the Liturgy.

The missionary experience is part of Christian formation and it is important for adolescents and young people to be able to live it personally.

It is very important for a priest, in the parish itself, to see how people trust in him and to experience, in addition to their trust, also their generosity in pardoning his weaknesses.

The world promises you comfort, but you were not made for comfort. You were made for greatness.