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Benedict XVI’s call for the cessation of the war in Libya

by Benedict XVI

Vatican City | 27 March 2011

After the Angelus, His Holiness Pope Benedict XVI has read the following statement in Italian:
In the face of the ever more dramatic news that is coming from Libya, my trepidation for the safety of the civil population grows as does my apprehension for the developments of the situation, which (...)

Address of Benedict XVI to the World Summit on Food Security

by Benedict XVI

London (United Kingdom) | 16 November 2009

Mr President,
Ladies and Gentlemen!
1. I was very pleased to receive an invitation from Mr Jacques Diouf, Director General of FAO, to speak at the opening session of this World Summit on Food Security. I greet him warmly and I thank him for his kind words of welcome. I greet the distinguished (...)

“The Christian Faith has something to Say about Morality”

by Benedict XVI

22 April 2005

Pope’s John Paul II is much attached to France for he owes it his theological formation. I particularly remember his visit during the commemoration of Clodoveo’s baptism anniversary as a moment of flowering for France’s baptism. The “elder daughter of the Western Church”, just to call it this way, (...)

“Benedict’s Answers to Big Questions”

by Benedict XVI

22 April 2005

Communion should be a conscious decision based on one’s worthiness to do so. The Church teaches that abortion or euthanasia is a serious sin and the encyclical Evangelium Vitae asks Christians to oppose these methods. If the law is unjust, it should not be obeyed and they should even oppose (...)