Joseph Ratzinger

Pope Benedict XVI on Leaving a Clear Path for Evil

Type:: quote
Date:: February 03, 2015
In:: Being Human

Wolfgang Pauli took up the thread of the discussion and agreed… “The complete division between knowledge and faith is surely just a temporary stopgap measure. ... » Go

Pope Benedict XVI on the Meaning of Evolve

Type:: quote
Date:: October 31, 2008
In:: Creation and Design, Evolution

To "evolve" literally means "to unroll a scroll", that is, to read a book. The imagery of nature as a book has its roots in ... » Go

Joseph Ratzinger Asks, But What If It Is True?

Type:: quote
Date:: January 01, 2008
In:: Crucifixion and Resurrection, Truth?

The cross was not God’s last word in Jesus Christ. The tomb did not hold him fast: he is risen, and God speaks to us ... » Go

The Dialectics of Secularization

Type:: book
Date:: January 10, 2007
In:: Culture, Faith + Reason, The Church

Two of the worlds great contemporary thinkers — theologian and churchman Joseph Ratzinger, now Pope Benedict XVI, and Jürgen Habermas, philosopher and Neo-Marxist social critic ... » Go

Handing on the Faith in an Age of Disbelief

Type:: book
Date:: October 30, 2006
In:: Faith + Reason

What are the obstacles that hinder modern men, women, and children from hearing and embracing the Gospel? Are science, technology, and mass media at odds ... » Go

Pope Benedict on the Vagaries of Science

Type:: quote
Date:: August 29, 2006
In:: History of Science, Jesus

What I said earlier of my compatriots, I now say to all who were entrusted to my service in the Church: Stand firm in the ... » Go

Truth And Tolerance

Type:: book
Date:: October 31, 2004
In:: Objectivism

Is truth knowable? If we know the truth, must we hide it in the name of tolerance? Cardinal Ratzinger engages the problem of truth, tolerance, ... » Go