We must trust in the mighty power of God's mercy. We are all sinners, but His grace transforms us and makes us new.
Pope Benedict XVIWhen politicians presume to do God's work, they do not become divine but diabolical.
Pope Benedict XVIIf only everyone could experience the joy of being Christian, being loved by God Who gave His Son for us!
Pope Benedict XVIIt was easy to know the doctrine. It's much harder to help a billion people live it.
Pope Benedict XVIThat the entire People of God, to whom Christ entrusted the mandate to go and preach the Gospel to every creature, may eagerly assume their own missionary responsibility and consider it the highest service they can offer humanity.
Pope Benedict XVIThe more administrative machinery we construct, be it the most modern, the less place there is for the Spirit, the less place there is for the Lord, and the less freedom there is. It is my opinion that we ought to begin an unsparing examination of conscience on this point at all levels in the Church.
Pope Benedict XVI