Pope Benedict Quotes

• Pope Francis seems to be a much nicer man than Pope Benedict, but I'm not sure that his views on things that really matter are all that different. Whereas Benedict was perhaps a wolf in wolf's clothing, Francis is perhaps a wolf in sheep's clothing.

  Richard Dawkins

  Men, Sheep, Views

  Source: newrepublic.com

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• Please receive in the name of the Spanish government and the people of Spain our warmest congratulations for your election as Supreme Pontiff of the Catholic Church and my best wishes for the Papacy which you begin today. [to Pope Benedict XVI]

  Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero

  Congratulations, Government, Names

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• Nowas you all know, this week, Pope Benedict told Vatican Radio—you know, Vatican Radio, playing the hits from the 8th century, 9th century and today—Benedict told them he was going to resign because the Church needs a fresh, young face, somewhere other than a priest's lap.

  Bill Maher

  Church, Needs, Lap

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• The idea that 'preaching the Gospel' has nothing to do with sex and that 'preaching about sex' has nothing to do with the Gospel betrays layers and layers of seriously misguided thinking. When we divorce God's love from sexual love, as Pope Benedict says, 'the essence of Christianity' becomes 'decisively cut off from the complex fabric of human life.'

  Christopher West

  Sex, Divorce, Cutting

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• Pope Benedict is an amazingly visionary person. What he has done is establish an evolutionary process that will help undo the Reformation. The Anglican Church has been hijacked by modernism, with synods trying to amend the faith and this process will allow traditional Anglicans to be themselves.

  Peter Slipper

  Church, Trying, Visionaries

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• Pope Benedict XVI assumes leadership at a critical time in which the world's collective wisdom and leadership including that of the religious community is most important to face up to challenges of deepening poverty and under-development afflicting many people of the world.

  Thabo Mbeki

  Religious, People, Community

  "Benedict XVI: the Vatican's orthodox insider is new Pope" by Stephen Bates and John Hooper, www.theguardian.com. April 20, 2005.

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• One of the fundamental issues with The Vatican is that the world changed on us. That show was conceived and written while Pope Benedict was still in charge of the Vatican, and it was conceived in a world that now would feel very dated.

  David Nevins

  Issues, Fundamentals, World

  Source: collider.com

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• It was an honor and a thrill to have the chance to meet His Holiness, Pope Benedict, and then to have lunch with Prime Minister Berlusconi.... I think Italy and the U. S. have a very strong friendship and relationship, and I'm proud of that.

  Laura Bush

  Strong, Thinking, Lunch

  "Laura Bush Arrives at Olympics". www.foxnews.com. February 12, 2006.

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