not only peacefully created unimaginable political changes in Poland, putting Polish people on a road to freedom and democracy, but also showed other nations of the former eastern bloc the possibility of correcting historic injustice.

After the Second Vatican Council, the impression arose that the pope really could do anything in liturgical matters, especially if he were acting on the mandate of an ecumenical council. Eventually, the idea of the...

We are moving toward a dictatorship of relativism which does not recognize anything as definitive and has as its highest value one’s own ego and one’s own desires… The church needs to withstand the tides...

I urge you to continue your efforts to fight this virus, which not only kills but seriously threatens the economic and social stability of the continent.

Unspontaneity is of their essence. In these rites I discover that something is approaching me here that I did not produce myself, that I am entering into something greater than myself, which ultimately derives from...

All the Saints of God are there to protect me, to sustain me and to carry me. And your prayers, my dear friends, your indulgence, your love, your faith and your hope accompany me.

In each of them, like in the manger of Bethlehem, Jesus knocks at the door of our hearts, asking that we make room for him in our lives. God is like this. He does not...

We were looking for a ‘good shepherd,’ and instead we got a German shepherd.

Today, 11 September, we remember the victims of terrorist violence throughout the world. May God inspire men and women of good will everywhere to renounce hatred and to build a world of justice, solidarity and...

We know well that this truth risks being contradicted by the hedonism of the so-called well-off societies: Life is exalted as long as it’s pleasant, but one tends to not respect it any more when...

It is of great concern that the fabric of African life, its very source of hope and stability, is threatened by divorce, abortion, prostitution, human trafficking and a contraceptive mentality, all of which contribute to...

Today, even in this modern age marked by anxiety and uncertainty, we live the event of the resurrection, which changed the face of our life and changed the history of humanity.

In the face of continuing situations of injustice and violence that continue to oppress different areas of the earth and before those things that present themselves as new and insidious threats to peace — terrorism,...

Today we bury his remains in the earth as a seed of immortality. Our hearts are full of sadness, yet at the same time (full) of joyful hope and profound gratitude.

It seems a gesture of providence that in the day in which we pray for the unity of Christians the text will be ready.

God is not solitude, but perfect communion. For this reason the human person, the image of God, realizes himself or herself in love, which is a sincere gift of self.BENEDICT XVI, ANGELUS, Solemnity of the...

A Catholic would be guilty of formal cooperation in evil, and so unworthy to present himself for holy Communion, if he were to deliberately vote for a candidate precisely because of the candidate’spermissive stand on...

In the particular moment that Italy has been living through in these months, may the risen Lord bring serenity to the national community and strengthen in all those who work to serve it the strong...

Behind these texts, I feel the presence of the pope himself, of a person who has gone to the Lord, but who has not become distant.

Like a wave gathering force, my thoughts go out to all men and women of today, to believers and non-believers alike.