Because God loves us, because He wants us to grow into truth, He must necessarily make demands on us and must also correct us - Benedict XVI

The State which would provide everything, absorbing everything into itself, would ultimately become a mere bureaucracy incapable of guaranteeing the very thing which the suffering person — every person — needs: namely, loving personal concern. We do not need a State which regulates and controls everything, but a State which, in accordance with the principle of subsidiarity, generously acknowledges and supports initiatives arising from the different social forces and combines spontaneity with closeness to those in need. The Church is one of those living forces.

"Eternal Life" is life itself, real life, which can also be lived in the present age and is no longer challenged by physical death.

Celibacy is not a matter of compulsion. Someone is accepted as a priest only when he does it of his own accord.