Where human lives are concerned, time is always short, yet the world has witnessed the vast resources that governments can draw upon to rescue financial institutions deemed ‘too big to fail.’ Pope Benedict XVI Read Quote
Attempts to construct an ethic from the rules of evolution, or from psychology and sociology, end up being simply inadequate. Pope Benedict XVI Read Quote
While we rejoice in the new possibilities open to humanity, we also see the dangers arising from these possibilities, and we must ask ourselves how we can overcome them. Pope Benedict XVI Read Quote
One sees in Latin America, and also elsewhere, among many Catholics a certain schizophrenia between individual and public morality. Pope Benedict XVI Read Quote
If the protection of the environment involves costs, they should be justly distributed, taking due account of the different levels of development of various countries and the need for solidarity with future generations. Pope Benedict XVI Read Quote
The cardinals have elected me, a simple, humble worker in the Lord’s vineyard. Pope Benedict XVI Read Quote
The traditional teaching of the church has proven to be the only failsafe way to prevent the spread of HIV/AIDS. Pope Benedict XVI Read Quote
Interreligious dialogue in the strict sense of the term is not possible without putting one’s own faith into parentheses. Pope Benedict XVI Read Quote
It is important to learn to understand in a historical text, a text from the past, the living Word of God, that is, to enter into prayer and thus read Sacred Scripture as a conversation with God. Pope Benedict XVI Read Quote