Since politics fundamentally should be a moral enterprise, the church in this sense has something to say about politics.
Pope Benedict XVISeeing with the eyes of Christ, I can give to others much more than their outward necessities; I can give them the look of love which they crave.
Pope Benedict XVIIt is important always to know that the first word, the true initiative, the true activity comes from God and only by inserting ourselves into the divine initiative, only begging for this divine initiative, shall we too be able to become - with him and in him - evangelizers.
Pope Benedict XVIOur faith is well founded; but it is necessary that this faith become part of our lives. A great effort must therefore be made in order for all Christians to transform themselves into 'witnesses,' ready and able to shoulder the commitment of testifying - always and to everyone - to the hope that animates them.
Pope Benedict XVI