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Rock... is the expression of elemental passions... In the ecstasy of having all their defenses torn down, the participants sink, as it were, beneath the elemental force of the universe.

Pope Benedict XVI

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Pope Benedict XVI
Age: 97
Born: 1927
Born: April 16
Philosopher
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Roman Catholic Priest
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Joseph Aloisius Ratzinger
Pope Benedict XVI
Josef Ratzinger
Benedetto XVI
Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI
Joseph Alois Ratzinger
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Today, the need to avoid confusing marriage with other types of unions based on weak love is especially urgent. It is only the rock of total, irrevocable love between a man and a woman that can serve as the foundation on which to build a society that will become a home for all mankind.
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Friends, do not be afraid of silence or stillness. Listen to God. Adore Him in the Eucharist.
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In the eyes of the unrighteous it appeared that God did not intervene and that His Son died, but for believers it was at that precise moment that true glory was manifested and definitive salvation achieved.
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Seeing 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.
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If only everyone could experience the joy of being Christian, being loved by God Who gave His Son for us!
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Today, I, too, wish to reaffirm that I intend to continue on the path toward improved relations and friendship with the Jewish people, following the decisive lead given by John Paul II.
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Selfishness and fear are at the root of (pro-abortion) legislation...We in the Church have a great struggle to defend life...life is a gift not a threat.
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I am consoled by the fact that the Lord knows how to work and how to act, even with insufficient tools.
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Without fear we must set sail on the digital sea.
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Art and the saints are the greatest apologetics for our faith.
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The Church is not a political power, nor a political party, but rather a moral reality, a moral force.
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The blessing hands of Christ are like a roof that protects us. But at the same time, they are a gesture of opening up, tearing the world open so that heaven my enter in, may become present within it.
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If in my life I fail completely to heed others, solely out of a desire to be 'devout' and to perform my 'religious duties', then my relationship with God will also grow arid. It becomes merely 'proper', but loveless.
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Rock music is a vehicle of anti-religion
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The Church's mission is not political in nature. Her task is to open the world to the religious sense by proclaiming Christ.
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Adoration outside Holy Mass prolongs and intensifies what has taken place in the liturgical celebration and makes a true and profound reception of Christ possible. I . . . warmly recommend, to Pastors and to all the faithful, the practice of Eucharistic adoration
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Celibacy is not a matter of compulsion. Someone is accepted as a priest only when he does it of his own accord.
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Let us seek in particular to communicate the deepest joy, that of knowing God in Christ.
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