Rezzonico Pope Quotes

#1. Christianity spreads through the joy of disciples who know that they are loved and saved. #Quote by Pope Francis

#2. Dear brothers and sisters, after the great Pope John Paul II, the cardinals have elected me - a simple, humble worker in the vineyard of the Lord. #Quote by Pope Benedict XVI

#3. His Holiness Pope John Paul II was a determined and deeply spiritual minded person for whom I had great respect and admiration. His experience in Poland, then a communist country, and my own difficulties with communists, gave us an immediate common ground #Quote by Dalai Lama

#4. Not to go back is somewhat to advance, and men must walk, at least, before they dance. #Quote by Alexander Pope

#5. You know who has tenure? The pope has tenure. The Queen of England has tenure. So does Fidel and the communists - because they represent the people, of course (scoff). Federal judges have tenure as well - no federal judge has ever successfully been removed. And then there's the college professors. Me. How do you like that? #Quote by Ira Carmen

#6. Which direction do we take? The one prompted by the passions or the one indicated by the star which shines in your conscience? The Magi heard the answer: "In Bethlehem of Judea; for so it is written by the prophet" ... enlightened by these words, they chose to press forward to the very end. #Quote by Pope Benedict XVI

#7. Eternal Life is life itself, real life, which can also be lived in the present age and is no longer challenged by physical death. #Quote by Pope Benedict XVI

#8. Silence! coeval with eternity! thou wert ere Nature's self began to be; thine was the sway ere heaven was formed on earth, ere fruitful thought conceived creation's birth. #Quote by Alexander Pope

#9. Beauty, then, is not mere decoration, but rather an essential element of the liturgical action, since it is an attribute of God himself and his revelation. These considerations should make us realize the care which is needed, if the liturgical action is to reflect its innate splendour. #Quote by Pope Benedict XVI

#10. All human life-from the moment of conception and through all subsequent stages-is sacred, because human life is created in the image and likeness of God. Nothing surpasses the greatness or dignity of a human person ... If a person's right to life is violated at the moment in which he is first conceived in his mother's womb, an indirect blow is struck also at the whole moral order. #Quote by Pope John Paul II

#11. I say to you dear young people: Do not be afraid of Christ! He takes nothing away, and He gives you verything. When we give ourselves to him, we receive a hundredfold in return. Yes, open, open wide the doors to Christ and you will find true life. #Quote by Pope Benedict XVI

#12. Whether with Reason, or with Instinct blest, Know, all enjoy that pow'r which suits them best. #Quote by Alexander Pope

#13. I have as much authority as the Pope. I just don't have as many people who believe it. #Quote by George Carlin

#14. Prayer joined to sacrifice constitutes the most powerful force in human history. #Quote by Pope John Paul II

#15. If I'm not mistaken, Sigmund Freud said that in every idealisation there's an aggression. Depicting the Pope as a sort of Superman, a star, is offensive to me. The pope is a man who laughs, cries, sleeps calmly and has friends like everyone else. A normal person. #Quote by Pope Francis

#16. The ecological crisis shows the urgency of a solidarity which embraces time and space ... A greater sense of intergenerational solidarity is urgently needed. Future generations cannot be saddled with the cost of our use of common environmental resources. #Quote by Pope Benedict XVI

#17. Brothers and sisters, let us not be closed to the newness that God wants to bring into our lives! Are we often weary, disheartened, and sad? Do we feel weighed down by our sins? Do we think that we won't be able to cope? Let us not close our hearts, let us not lose confidence, let us never give up. #Quote by Pope Francis

#18. Today one can read the Gospel also on so many technological instruments. You can carry the whole Bible on your mobile phone, on your tablet. It is important to read the Word of God, by any means, but by reading the Word of God: Jesus speaks to us there! And welcome it with an open heart. Then the good seed will bear fruit! #Quote by Pope Francis

#19. It is not necessary to believe in God to be a good person. In a way, the traditional. Notion of God is outdated. One can be spiritual but not religious. It is not necessary to go to church and give money - for many, nature can be a church. Some of the best people in history do not believe in God, while some of the worst deeds were done in His name. #Quote by Pope Francis

#20. Some praise at morning what they blame at night, but always think the last opinion right. #Quote by Alexander Pope

#21. But I make a distinction between the doctrines of the Church, which matter, and the structure invented by half a dozen Italians who got to be pope and which is of very little use to anybody. #Quote by Bernadette Devlin

#22. Socialism, Communism, clandestine societies, Bible societies ... pests of this sort must be destroyed by all means. #Quote by Pope Pius IX

#23. Do not lose hope; St. Joseph also experienced moments of difficulty, but he never lost faith and was able to overcome them, in the certainty that God never abandons us. #Quote by Pope Francis

#24. The promotion of human rights remains the most effective strategy for eliminating inequalities between countries and social groups, and for increasing security. #Quote by Pope Benedict XVI

#25. For I, who hold sage Homer's rule the best, Welcome the coming, speed the going guest. #Quote by Alexander Pope

#26. Deepen you knowledge of Jesus which ends loneliness, overcomes sadness and uncertainty, gives real meaning to life, curbs passions, exalts ideals, expands energies in charity, brings light into decisive choices. Let Christ be for you the Way, the Truth, and the Life. #Quote by Pope John Paul II

#27. well-meaning Christians almost killed the faith eight hundred years ago #Quote by Jon M. Sweeney

#28. Charity, patience and tenderness are very beautiful gifts. If you have them, you want to share them with others. #Quote by Pope Francis

#29. If anyone in word and mind does not properly and truly confess according to the holy Fathers all even to the last portion that which has been handed down and preached in the holy, Catholic, and apostolic Church of God ... let him be anathema. #Quote by Pope Martin I

#30. The work of art, just like any fragment of human life considered in its deepest meaning, seems to me devoid of value if it does not offer the hardness, the rigidity, the regularity, the luster on every interior and exterior facet, of the crystal. #Quote by Pope Paul VI

#31. Who combats bravely is not therefore brave, He dreads a death-bed like the meanest slave: Who reasons wisely is not therefore wise,- His pride in reasoning, not in acting lies. #Quote by Alexander Pope

#32. That the Jews are connected with God in a special way and that God does not allow that bond to fail is entirely obvious. We wait for the instant in which Israel will say yes to Christ, but we know that it has a special mission in history now ... which is significant for the world. #Quote by Pope Benedict XVI