The Cross is the approbation of our existence, not in words, but in an act so completely radical that it caused God to become flesh and pierced this flesh to the quick; that, to God, it was worth the death…

Quote by Joseph Ratzinger

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Proclaim forgiveness and reconciliation, which are the only way to achieve stable harmony.

Proclaim forgiveness and reconciliation, which are the only way to achieve stable harmony.

The Christian faith can never be separated from the soil of sacred events, from the...

The Christian faith can never be separated from the soil of sacred events, from the...

Celibacy is not a matter of compulsion. Someone is accepted as a priest only when...

Celibacy is not a matter of compulsion. Someone is accepted as a priest only when...

We can learn from him that suffering and the gift of himself is an essential...

We can learn from him that suffering and the gift of himself is an essential...

A just laicism allows religious freedom. The state does not impose religion but rather gives...

A just laicism allows religious freedom. The state does not impose religion but rather gives...

To me, its seems necessary to rediscover - and the energy to do so exists...

To me, its seems necessary to rediscover - and the energy to do so exists...

The abuse of faith has to be resisted precisely.

The abuse of faith has to be resisted precisely.

Today we bury his remains in the earth as a seed of immortality. Our hearts...

Today we bury his remains in the earth as a seed of immortality. Our hearts...

Above all, we must have great respect for these people who also suffer and who...

Above all, we must have great respect for these people who also suffer and who...

The wrath of God is a way of saying that I have been living in...

The wrath of God is a way of saying that I have been living in...

We are moving toward a dictatorship of relativism which does not recognize anything as for...

We are moving toward a dictatorship of relativism which does not recognize anything as for...

The real action in the liturgy in which we are all supposed to participate is...

The real action in the liturgy in which we are all supposed to participate is...

Standards of conduct appropriate to civil society or the workings of a democracy cannot be...

Standards of conduct appropriate to civil society or the workings of a democracy cannot be...