Let us sing to the Lord as we celebrate the Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary.”
— Breviary
Lord, you who told Lazarus to “Come out!”, we pray for religious leaders who say it’s wrong to do so. Amen.”
— @UnvirtuousAbbey
Scientific research and the search for meaning, in fact, even in their specific epistemological and methodological physiognomy, spring from a single source, that Logos that presides over the work of creation and guides the mind of history”
— Pope Benedict XVI
Denying the right to profess one’s religion in public and the right to bring the truths of faith to bear upon public life has negative consequences for true development. The exclusion of religion from the public square - and, at the other extreme, religious fundamentalism - hinders an encounter between persons and their collaboration for the progress of humanity … Secularism and fundamentalism exclude the possibility of fruitful dialogue and effective cooperation between reason and religious faith. Reason always stands in need of being purified by faith: this also holds true for political reason, which must not consider itself omnipotent. For its part, religion always needs to be purified by reason in order to show its authentically human face. Any breach in this dialogue comes only at an enormous price to human development.”
— Pope Benedict XVI
ON THE RESPONSIBLE USE OF NEW MEDIA: Just because social communications increase the possibilities of interconnection and the dissemination of ideas, it does not follow that they promote freedom or internationalize development and democracy for all. To achieve goals of this kind, they need to focus on promoting the dignity of persons and peoples, they need to be clearly inspired by charity and placed at the service of truth, of the good, and of natural and supernatural fraternity.”
— (Pope Benedict XVI, Caritas in Veritate)
“Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world” (Nelson Mandela)
Young people of the whole world, Rio de Janeiro is awaiting you, just like Christ the Redeemer, with open arms! May everyone come with a spirit of pilgrimage and popular celebration for an experience of Christ together with the Pope in the WYD of Rio de Janeiro from July 23-28, 2013”
— Archbishop Orani Tempesta, Brazil
Good teachers are costly, but bad teachers cost more”
— Bob Talbert
