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The second part deals with practical aspects, and calls the world to new energy and commitment in its response to God's love. [3] Benedict writes about love of God, and considers this important and significant, because we live in a time in which "the name of God is sometimes associated with vengeance or even a duty of hatred and violence":
In this encyclical, Benedict reflects on the concepts of eros, agape, and philia, and their relationship with the teachings of Jesus.Eros and agape are two of the various Greek words for love, each of which has a slightly different shade of meaning: agape is descending, oblative love in which one gives of oneself to another; eros is ascending, possessive love which seeks to receive from ...
Pope Benedict XVI has completed his long-awaited encyclical on social issues and the text is now being translated into several languages, according to a Vatican official. The new document – Caritas in Veritate ("Love in Truth") – is about 100 pages long, the official said. Originally planned for 2007 to mark the 40th anniversary of Pope ...
Pope Benedict XVI (Latin: Benedictus PP. XVI; Italian: Benedetto XVI; German: Benedikt XVI; born Joseph Alois Ratzinger, German: [ˈjoːzɛf ˈʔaːlɔɪ̯s ˈʁat͡sɪŋɐ]; 16 April 1927 – 31 December 2022) was head of the Catholic Church and sovereign of the Vatican City State from 19 April 2005 until his resignation on 28
Speaking at the end of his weekly noon blessing, Francis said the faithful feel “so much love, so much gratitude, so much a Pope recalls Benedict XVI's love and wisdom on anniversary of death ...
Pope Benedict XVI in 2009 produced the encyclical Caritas in Veritate ("Charity in Truth") in which he argued that love and truth are essential in our response to global development and to progress towards the common good. He explains the moral principles necessary for all the diverse actors in addressing the problems of hunger, the environment ...
Jesus of Nazareth: Holy Week (German: Jesus von Nazareth. Vom Einzug in Jerusalem bis zur Auferstehung, "Jesus of Nazareth: From the Entry into Jerusalem to the Resurrection") is the second volume (after Jesus of Nazareth released in 2007) in Pope Benedict XVI's three-volume meditation on the life and teachings of Jesus Christ, offers a detailed analysis of Jesus Christ's final week in ...
Ad beatissimi Apostolorum is an encyclical of Pope Benedict XV given at St. Peter's, Rome, on the Feast of All Saints on November 1, 1914, in the first year of his pontificate. The first encyclical written by Pope Benedict XV coincided with the beginning of the First World War, which he labelled "the Suicide of Civilized Europe".