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" God guides his church, maintains her always, and especially in difficult times. Let us never lose this vision of faith, which is the only true vision of the way of the church and the world. "
Pope Benedict XVI
God
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" I use both the 'I' and the 'we.' For on many, many matters, I am not simply expressing ideas that have happened to occur to Joseph Ratzinger, but I am speaking out of the common life of the Church's communion. "
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" Not all moral issues have the same moral weight as abortion and euthanasia. There may be legitimate diversity of opinion even among Catholics about waging war and applying the death penalty, but not... with regard to abortion and euthanasia. "
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" The Christian faith can never be separated from the soil of sacred events, from the choice made by God, who wanted to speak to us, to become man, to die and rise again, in a particular place and at a particular time. "
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" The outpouring of Christ's blood is the source of the church's life. "
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" Attempts to construct an ethic from the rules of evolution, or from psychology and sociology, end up being simply inadequate. "
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" 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. "
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" Interreligious dialogue in the strict sense of the term is not possible without putting one's own faith into parentheses. "
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" Today we bury his remains in the earth as a seed of immortality. Our hearts are full of sadness, yet at the same time of joyful hope and profound gratitude. "
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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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" 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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" It is absolutely important to make accessible the Gospel for all people and also understandable for Jewish people. "
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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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" On the one hand, faith is a profoundly personal contact with God, which touches me in my innermost being and places me in front of the living God in absolute immediacy in such a way that I can speak with Him, love Him, and enter into communion with Him. "
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" 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. "
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