Getting to the Point

Evidently, knowledge of the content of faith is essential for giving one’s own assent , that is to say for adhering fully with intellect...

Confessing with the lips indicates in turn that faith implies public testimony and commitment. A Christian may never think of belief as a p...

At this point I would like to sketch a path intended to help us understand more profoundly not only the content of the faith, but also t...

We want this Year to arouse in every believer the aspiration to profess the faith in fullness and with renewed conviction, with confide...

The renewal of the Church is also achieved through the witness offered by the lives of believers: by their very existence in the world, Chr...

My venerable predecessor saw this Year as a “consequence and a necessity of the postconciliar period”, fully conscious of the grave difficu...

I have decided to announce a Year of Faith. It will begin on 11 October 2012 , the fiftieth anniversary of the opening of the Second Vatic...

We cannot accept that salt should become tasteless or the light be kept hidden (cf. Mt 5:13 -16). The people of today can still experienc...

Ever since the start of my ministry as Successor of Peter, I have spoken of the need to rediscover the journey of faith so as to shed ever...

The “door of faith” ( Acts 14:27 ) is always open for us, ushering us into the life of communion with God and offering entry into his Chu...

The “door of faith” ( Acts 14:27 ) is always open for us, ushering us into the life of communion with God and offering entry into his Chur...