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• Forgiveness does not replace justice.

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  Justice, Doe

  Pope Benedict XVI's In-Flight Press Conference to Portugal, w2.vatican.va. May 11, 2010.

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• Not all moral issues have the same moral weight as abortion and euthanasia. There may be legitimate diversity of opinion even among Catholics about waging war and applying the death penalty, but not... with regard to abortion and euthanasia.

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  War, Issues, Diversity

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• Lent is like a long 'retreat' during which we can turn back into ourselves and listen to the voice of God, in order to defeat the temptations of the Evil One. It is a period of spiritual 'combat' which we must experience alongside Jesus, not with pride and presumption, but using the arms of faith: prayer, listening to the word of God and penance. In this way we will be able to celebrate Easter in truth, ready to renew the promises of our Baptism.

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  Spiritual, Jesus, Easter

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• Only in truth does charity shine forth, only in truth can charity be authentically lived. Truth is the light that gives meaning and value to charity. That light is both the light of reason and the light of faith, through which the intellect attains to the natural and supernatural truth of charity: it grasps its meaning as gift, acceptance, and communion. Without truth, charity degenerates into sentimentality. Love becomes an empty shell, to be filled in an arbitrary way.

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  Life, Acceptance, Love Is

  Pope Benedict XVI's Encyclical Letter Caritas in Veritate, w2.vatican.va. June 29, 2009.

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• Civilization is now under the tyranny of relativism.

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  Civilization, Tyranny, Relativism

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• Each of you has a personal vocation which He has given you for your own joy and sanctity. When a person is conquered by the fire of His gaze, no sacrifice seems too great to follow Him and give Him the best of ourselves. This is what the saints have always done, spreading the light of the Lord ... and transforming the world into a welcoming home for everyone.

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  Home, Sacrifice, Fire

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• How can it be that the most wonderous and sacred human space - the womb - has become a place of unutterable violence?

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  Faith, Inspiration, Space

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• The capacity to accept suffering for the sake of goodness, truth and justice is an essential criterion of humanity, because if my own well-being and safety are ultimately more important than truth and justice, then the power of the stronger prevails, then violence and untruth reigns supreme.

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  Safety, Justice, Humanity

  Encyclical Letter "Spe Salvi", w2.vatican.va. November 30, 2007.

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• I am convinced that music really is the universal language of beauty which can bring together all people of good will on earth

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  People, Together, Earth

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• Jesus Christ does not teach us a spirituality “of closed eyes”, but one of “alertness”, one which entails an absolute duty to take notice of the needs of others and of situations involving those whom the Gospel tells us are our neighbours. The gaze of Jesus, what “his eyes” teach us, leads to human closeness, solidarity, giving time, sharing our gifts and even our material goods.

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  Jesus, Eye, Giving

  Pope Benedict XVI's Address at the Meeting With Volunteer Associations in Wiener Konzerthaus, Vienna, w2.vatican.va. September 9, 2007.

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• A dictatorship of relativism is being built that recognizes nothing as definite, and which leaves as the ultimate measure only one's ego and desires ... Having a clear faith, according to the credo of the church, is often labeled as fundamentalism. Yet relativism, that is, letting oneself being carried 'here and there by any wind of doctrine,' appears as the sole attitude good enough for modern times.

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  Attitude, Wind, Ego

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• The story of Mary of Magdalene reminds us all of a fundamental truth...A disciple of Christ is one who, in the experience of human weakness, has had the humility to ask for his help, has been healed by him and has set out following closely after him, becoming a witness of the power of his merciful love that is stronger than sin and death.

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  Humility, Stronger, Weakness

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• The Jesus of the Gospels is surely not convenient for us.

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  Jesus, Convenient

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• The new Pope knows that his task is to make the light of Christ shine before men and women of world - not his own light, but that of Christ.

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  Men, Light, Shining

  "Benedict XVI calls for unification of Christians". www.cnn.com. April 21, 2005.

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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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  People, And Love, Christ

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• Vacation time offers the unique opportunity to pause before the thought-provoking spectacles of nature, a wonderful "book" within reach of everyone, adults and children. In contact with nature, a person rediscovers his correct dimension, rediscovers himself as a creature, small but at the same time unique, with a "capacity for God" because interiorly he is open to the Infinite.

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  Faith, Children, Book

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• Children truly are the family's greatest treasure and most precious good. Consequently, everyone must be helped to become aware of the intrinsic evil of the crime of abortion. In attacking human life in its very first stages, it is also an aggression against society itself. Politicians and legislators, therefore, as servants of the common good, are duty bound to defend the fundamental right to life, the fruit of God's love.

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  Children, Greatest Treasure, Evil

  Pope Benedict XVI's address at a Meeting on Family and Life Issues In Latin America, w2.vatican.va. December 3, 2005.

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• We are no longer able to hear God - There are too many frequencies filling our ears.

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  Catholic, Ears, Able

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• God loves us; we need only to summon up the humility to allow ourselves to be loved.

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  Faith, Inspiration, Humility

  Pope Benedict XVI, Stephan Otto Horn, Vinzenz Pfnür (2003). “God is Near Us: The Eucharist, the Heart of Life”, p.37, Ignatius Press

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• For in this world, marked by sin, the gravitational pull of our lives is weighted by the chains of the "I" and the "self." These chains must be broken to free us for a new love that places us in another gravitational field where we can enter new life.

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  Faith, Inspiration, Self

  Pope Benedict XVI (2009). “Jesus of Nazareth”, Rizzoli International Publications

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• Prayer, as a means of drawing ever new strength from Christ, is concretely and urgently needed.

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  Prayer, Mean, Drawing

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• No law made by man can overturn that of the Creator without dramatically affecting society in its very foundation.

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  Men, Law, Foundation

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• In a world where there is so much noise, so much bewilderment, there is a need for silent adoration of Jesus concealed in the Host. Be assiduous in the prayer of adoration and teach it to the faithful. It is a source of comfort and light, particularly to those who are suffering.

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  Jesus, Prayer, Holy Eucharist

  Address by the Holy Father during pastoral visit of His Holiness Pope Benedict XVI in Poland at the meeting with the clergy, w2.vatican.va. May 25, 2006.

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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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  Catholic, Action, Tradition

  Pope Benedict XVI's Address at The Meeting with The Representatives of British Society, Including The Diplomatic Corps, Politicians, Academics and Business Leaders, w2.vatican.va. September 17, 2010.

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• It is when we attempt to avoid suffering by withdrawing from anything that might involve hurt, when we try to spare ourselves the effort and pain of pursuing truth, love, and goodness, that we drift into a life of emptiness, in which there may be almost no pain, but the dark sensation of meaninglessness and abandonment is all the greater.

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  Hurt, Pain, Dark

  "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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