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The Catholic Church is not dead, it is not even tired!

The Catholic Church is not dead, it is not even tired!

Pope Benedict XVI
Tired, Catholic, Church

We do not seek a Christ whom we have invented, for only in the real communion of the Church do we encounter the real Christ.

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Real, Religion, Church
Pope Benedict XVI (1996). “Called to Communion: Understanding the Church Today”, p.81, Ignatius Press

The only really effective apologia for Christianity comes down to two arguments, namely, the saints the Church has produced, and the art which has grown in her womb.

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Art, Two, Church

The Church's mission is to spread hope "contagiously" among all peoples... It is only in this mission that the true journey of humanity is understood and attested.

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Journey, Humanity, Church

The Earth is indeed a precious gift of the Creator who, in designing its intrinsic order, has given us bearings that guide us as stewards of his creation. Precisely from within this framework, the Church considers matters concerning the environment and its protection intimately linked to the theme of integral human development.

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Order, Design, Church
Pope Benedict XVI (2014). “The Garden of God”, p.33, CUA Press

In the month of October, the universal Church highlights her missionary vocation. Guided by the Holy Spirit she knows she is called to pursue the work of Jesus himself, proclaiming the Gospel of the Kingdom of God which is "righteousness and peace and joy in the Holy Spirit"

Pope Benedict XVI
Jesus, Joy, Church

Standards of conduct appropriate to civil society or the workings of a democracy cannot be purely and simply applied to the Church.

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Democracy, Church, Standards

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