Pope Benedict XVI Quotes about Justice

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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

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.

Pope Benedict XVI

Safety, Justice, Humanity

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

Forgiveness does not replace justice.

Pope Benedict XVI

Justice, Doe

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

To desire the common good and strive towards it is a requirement of justice and charity.

Pope Benedict XVI

Justice, Desire, Charity

Pope Benedict XVI (2009). “Charity in Truth”, p.15, Ignatius Press

It is necessary not only to relieve the gravest needs but to go to their roots, proposing measures that will give social, political and economic structures a more equitable and solidaristic configuration.

Pope Benedict XVI

Roots, Giving, Justice

To suffer with the other and for others; to suffer for the sake of truth and justice; to suffer out of love and in order to become a person who truly loves - these are fundamental elements of humanity, and to abandon them would destroy man himself.

Pope Benedict XVI

Men, Order, Justice

Pope Benedict XVI's Encyclical Letter, w2.vatican.va. November 30, 2007.

Forgiveness is not substitute for justice.

Pope Benedict XVI

Justice, Substitutes

"Pope: ‘The greatest threat comes from sin within the church’". www.digitaljournal.com. May 11, 2010.

The life of the community, both domestically and internationally, clearly demonstrates that respect for rights, and the guarantees that follow from them, are measures of the common good that serve to evaluate the relationship between justice and injustice, development and poverty, security and conflict.

Pope Benedict XVI

Guarantees That, Rights, Justice

Statement to the United Nations General Assembly, delivered 18 April 2008, New York, NY

My dear friends, God’s creation is one and it is good. The concerns for nonviolence, sustainable development, justice and peace, and care for our environment are of vital importance for humanity. They cannot, however, be understood apart from a profound reflection on the innate dignity of every human life from conception to natural death: a dignity conferred by God himself and thus inviolable.

Pope Benedict XVI

Reflection, Profound, Justice

Pope Benedict XVI (2014). “The Garden of God”, p.26, CUA Press

I thank Missio, (Pontifical Mission Societies), the primary instruments for cooperation in the universal Church's universal mission in the world. Through their action, the proclamation of the Gospel bears witness to Christ and is lived out in service of our neighbour through justice for the poorest, education in isolated villages, medical care in remote areas, freedom from poverty, the reintegration of the marginalised, support for the development of peoples, the breaking down of ethnic divisions and respect for life in all its stages.

Pope Benedict XVI

Justice, Support, Church