Loving the church also means having the courage to... -Pope Benedict XVI

Loving the church also means having the courage to make difficult, trying choices, having ever before oneself the good of the church and not one's own.

Pope Benedict XVI Quotes to Explore

Not all moral issues have the same moral weight as abortion and euthanasia. There may be legitimate diversity of opinion even among Catholics about wa...

God of peace, bring your peace to our violent world: peace in the hearts of all men and women and peace among the nations of the Earth....

We must have great respect for these people who also suffer and who want to find their own way of correct living. On the other hand, to create a legal...

If we look to the saints, this great luminous wake with which God has passed through history, we truly see that here is a force for good that survives...

There are those who argue that the public celebration of festivals such as Christmas should be discouraged, in the questionable belief that it might s...

The Christian faith can never be separated from the soil of sacred events, from the choice made by God, who wanted to speak to us, to become man, to d...

The principle of tolerance and respect for freedom promoted by the reforms of the Second Vatican Council are today being manipulated and erroneously t...

Human rights, of course, must include the right to religious freedom, understood as the expression of a dimension that is at once individual and commu...

The life of the community, both domestically and internationally, clearly demonstrates that respect for rights, and the guarantees that follow from th...

Liturgy, in truth, is an event by means of which we let ourselves be introduced into the expansive faith and prayer of the Church. This is the reason ...

Courage Quotes to Explore

Sadly, far too many politicians in Washington lack the courage to do something to fix our problems. They are worried about the political implications ...

You always remember the delicacy of the work you do on a new play - the delicacy and the rigor and the courage....

Two European nations emerged with credit from the Iraq disaster: France and Germany. Both had the courage to withstand the Bush administration and opp...

I admire people who come to politics because it takes a lot of courage to be in politics in India....

If you are a superstar, or whatever you want to call yourself, a person who's had outrageous success, and you decide to go indie and tell the record c...

I used to be so intimidated by spin classes. I'd always go by and see people on their bikes looking so intense. But one day my sister and I worked up ...

It is quite true that women like courage, and that boldness often goes a long way; but it is questionable whether with high-bred natures a subdued, qu...

I am haunted by what my life would have been had I not had the courage in my early twenties to leave Pittsburgh for New York City and really commit to...

The psychologist Elizabeth Loftus has shown great courage, in the face of spiteful vested interests, in demonstrating how easy it is for people to con...

Hire sales people who are really smart problem solvers, but lack courage, hunger and competitiveness, and your company will go out of business....