Do not believe that living together before marriage guarantees the future. By burning certain stages, you risk burning love itself. Time needs to be respected gradually, just like the expressions of love.
Pope Benedict XVIWe are not some casual and meaningless product of evolution. Each of us is the result of a thought of God.
Pope Benedict XVIThe human being of all times prays because he cannot fail to wonder about the meaning of his life, which remains obscure and discomforting of it is not put in relations to the mystery of God and if his plan for the world.
Pope Benedict XVIThe fundamental task of the evangelization of culture is the challenge to make God visible in the human face of Jesus.
Pope Benedict XVIPopular piety is one of our strengths because it consists of prayers deeply rooted in people's hearts. These prayers even move the hearts of people who are somewhat cut off from the life of the Church and who have no special understanding of faith. All that is required is to 'illuminate' these actions and 'purify' this tradition so that it may become part of the life of the Church today.
Pope Benedict XVI