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We all see that, today, man can destroy the foundation of his existence: his Earth. Pope Benedict XVI

Today Man Earth Destroy See His Existence Foundation

We need Grace and forgiveness. Pope Benedict XVI

Forgiveness Grace Need

I don't know if the term 'liberation theology,' which can be interpreted in a very positive sense, will help us much. What's important is the common rationality to which the church offers a fundamental contribution, and which must always help in the education of conscience, both for public and for private life. Pope Benedict XVI

Positive Life Education Church Will Important Sense Liberation Must Both Rationality Term Know Always Private Private Life Very Offers Contribution Common Which Public Us Much Theology Help Fundamental Conscience Interpreted

The traditional teaching of the church has proven to be the only failsafe way to prevent the spread of HIV/AIDS. Pope Benedict XVI

Church Way Only Prevent Spread Proven Traditional Teaching

Human self-understanding changes with time, and so also human consciousness deepens. Pope Francis

Time Changes Also Human Human Consciousness Consciousness

Sometimes negative news does come out, but it is often exaggerated and manipulated to spread scandal. Journalists sometimes risk becoming ill from coprophilia and thus fomenting coprophagia: which is a sin that taints all men and women, that is, the tendency to focus on the negative rather than the positive aspects. Pope Francis

Positive News Women Sometimes Negative Focus Men Men And Women Out Scandal Exaggerated Rather Risk Tendency Thus Journalists Sin Come Does Becoming Spread Than Often Which Manipulated Aspects Ill

You cannot be a conscious Christian without St. Paul. He translated the teachings of Christ into a doctrinal structure that, even with the additions of a vast number of thinkers, theologians and pastors, has resisted and still exists after two thousand years. Pope Francis

You Christ Christian Thousand Thousand Years Structure Vast He Without Still Years Exists Pastors After Cannot Paul Translated Theologians Teachings Even Conscious Thinkers Resisted Number Two

Since God created the world, He also created reality. Pope Francis

God Reality World He Since Also Created

Tell me: when God looks at a gay person, does he endorse the existence of this person with love, or reject and condemn this person?... It is necessary to accompany them with mercy. Pope Francis

Love God Me Gay Mercy Tell He Looks Does Condemn Accompany Existence Person Endorse Them Necessary Reject

Young people are just as attracted to the truth as they are convenience and expediency. Pope Francis

Truth People Expediency Young Attracted Just Convenience Young People

My authoritarian and quick manner of making decisions led me to have serious problems and to be accused of being ultraconservative. I have never been a right-winger. It was my authoritarian way of making decisions that created problems. Pope Francis

Me Problems Way Never Making Making Decisions Been Led Quick Authoritarian Accused Being Decisions Manner Created Serious

If investments in banks fall, it is a tragedy, and people say, 'What are we going to do?' but if people die of hunger, have nothing to eat or suffer from poor health, that's nothing. Pope Francis

Health People Fall Nothing Say Hunger Eat People Say Investments Tragedy Die Going Banks Poor Poor Health Suffer

Religion has the right to express its opinion in the service of the people, but God in creation has set us free: it is not possible to interfere spiritually in the life of a person. Pope Francis

Life Service God Religion People Free Creation Possible Spiritually Opinion Person Us Interfere Express Right Set

In this quest to seek and find God in all things, there is still an area of uncertainty. There must be. If a person says that he met God with total certainty and is not touched by a margin of uncertainty, then this is not good. Pope Francis

Sin, also for those who don't have faith, exists when one goes against one's conscience. To listen to and obey it means, in fact, to decide in face of what is perceived as good or evil. And on this decision pivots the goodness or malice of our action. Pope Francis

Faith Good Obey Decision Evil Face Goodness Action Our Those Perceived Fact Sin Also Exists Malice Goes Listen In Fact Decide Against Means Who Conscience

I have loved justice and hated iniquity: therefore I die in exile. Pope Gregory VII

Justice Hated Exile Die Loved Iniquity Therefore

The feelings of my smallness and my nothingness always kept me good company. Pope John XXIII

Good Me Feelings Nothingness Always Good Company Company Kept

The family is the first essential cell of human society. Pope John XXIII

Family First Society Cell Essential Human Human Society

We consider Christmas as the encounter, the great encounter, the historical encounter, the decisive encounter, between God and mankind. He who has faith knows this truly; let him rejoice. Pope Paul VI

Christmas God Faith Great Consider He Between Him Knows Encounter Truly Historical Decisive Mankind Who Rejoice

The Eucharistic mystery stands at the heart and center of the liturgy since it is the fount of life by which we are cleansed and strengthened to live not for ourselves but for God and to be united in love among ourselves. Pope Paul VI

Life Love God Heart Live Ourselves Mystery Cleansed Since Center Which Liturgy Stands United Among Strengthened

Think how many blameless lives are brightened by the blazing indiscretions of other people. Pope Paul VI

People Think Other Blameless Blazing How Many Lives

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