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God came into the world to reawaken the thirst for great things in us.

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Pope Benedict XVI
Age: 97
Born: 1927
Born: April 16
Philosopher
Pianist
Religious Writer
Roman Catholic Priest
Theologian
Transitional Deacon
University Teacher
Joseph Aloisius Ratzinger
Pope Benedict XVI
Josef Ratzinger
Benedetto XVI
Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI
Joseph Alois Ratzinger
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Art means: revealing God in everything that exists.
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The Catholic tradition maintains that the objective norms governing right action are accessible to reason, prescinding from the content of revelation.
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The Church needs your faith, your idealism and your generosity, so that she can always be young in the Spirit.
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Every human being is loved by God the Father. No one need feel forgotten, for every name is written in the Lord's loving heart.
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Without fear we must set sail on the digital sea.
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Nourishment is a factor which touches on the fundamental right to life.
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Dear young people, do not be satisfied with anything less than Truth and Love, do not be content with anything less than Christ
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God's heart calls to our hearts, inviting us to come out of ourselves, to forsake our human certainties, to trust in him and, by following his example, to make ourselves a gift of unbounded love.
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Faith is above all a personal, intimate encounter with Jesus, and to experience [His] closeness, [His] friendship, [His] Love only in this way does one learn to know [Him] ever more, and to love and follow [Him] ever more. May this happen to each one of us.
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A spiritual desert is spreading: an interior emptiness, an unnamed fear, a quiet sense of despair.
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I leave from where the apostle arrived.
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What is capable of restoring enthusiasm and confidence, what can encourage the human spirit to rediscover its path, to raise its eyes to the horizon, to dream of a life worthy of its vocation - if not beauty?
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Lent stimulates us to let the Word of God penetrate our life and in this way to know the fundamental truth: who we are, where we come from, where we must go, what path we must take in life.
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