Quotes about Benedict

As Pope Benedict XVI said in his address to the United Nations in April 2008, the language of rights is borrowed from the great Christian tradition, but if you cut off those Christian roots, you get all kinds of abuses, each claiming the postmodern high ground of victimhood but only succeeding in debasing the coinage of rights itself.

The new Pope knows that his task is to make the light of Christ shine before men and women of world - not his own light, but that of Christ.

Attempts to construct an ethic from the rules of evolution, or from psychology and sociology, end up being simply inadequate.

There are those who would advocate that the voice of religion be silenced, or at least relegated to the purely private sphere.

For me, it is one of the 'signs of the times' that the idea of God's mercy is becoming increasingly central and dominant.

Gazing is probably the best word to touch the core of Eastern spirituality. Whereas St. Benedict, who has set the tone for the spirituality of the West, calls us first of all to listen, the Byzantine fathers focus on gazing.

Although the particular inclination of the homosexual person is not a sin, it is more or less strong tendency ordered to an intrinsic moral evil, and thus the inclination itself must be seen as an objective disorder.

In reality, I am more a professor, one who reflects and mediates on spiritual questions. Practical governance is not my strong point, and this is certainly a weakness. But I do not see myself as a failure. For eight years, I carried out my work.

The new pope knows that his task is to make the light of Christ shine before men and women of world - not his own light, but that of Christ.

Today, I, too, wish to reaffirm that I intend to continue on the path toward improved relations and friendship with the Jewish people, following the decisive lead given by John Paul II.

I too hope in this short reign to be a man of peace.

Although the particular inclination of the homosexual person is not a sin, it is more or less strong tendency ordered to an intrinsic moral evil, and thus the inclination itself must be seen as an objective disorder.