Pope Benedict XVI on conscience and its role in societal success or failure:

"Truly, the great achievements of the modern age - the recognition and guarantee of freedom of conscience, of human rights, of the freedom of science and hence of a free society - should be confirmed and developed while keeping reason and freedom open to their transcendent foundation, so as to ensure that these achievements are not undone, as unfortunately happens in not a few cases. The quality of social and civil life and the quality of democracy depend in large measure on this 'critical' point - conscience, on the way it is understood and the way it is informed. If, in keeping with the prevailing modern idea, conscience is reduced to the subjective field to which religion and morality have been banished, then the crisis of the West has no remedy and Europe is destined to collapse in on itself. If, on the other hand, conscience is rediscovered as the place in which to listen to truth and good, the place of responsibility before God and before fellow human beings - in other words, the bulwark against all forms of tyranny - then there is hope for the future". --Pope Benedict XVI, June 4 2011

Pope Benedict XVI on humanism

Only if the human is an image of God does humanism flourish.

--Pope Benedict XVI. June 6 2011

Pilgrims Walk from Belgium to Medjugorje, a three year journey

This story is posted here on Medjugorje on the Web

Fr. Damien Lim: From paganism to Catholic Priest--Opus Dei Video

Damien Lim: from Paganism to the Priesthood


Recently ordained, Fr. Damien grew up in Singapore in a traditional Chinese family. In this video, he talks about how he discovered the "living God" of Catholicism.

Joplin Schools after the storm

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6p7pJmLpxn0&sns=e

Illinois Civil Union Law causes Catholic Diocese to end all state-funded adoption, foster services

http://www.catholicnews.com/data/stories/cns/1102097.htm

When people say that gay or civil unions don't affect you, they just haven't thought about it very much. It affects lots of lives in various ways.

Pope Benedict XVI invokes Mary to spread joy of Christ

"May Christ's Mother accompany the proclamation of the Gospel always and everywhere, so that the spaces where men rediscover the joy of living as children of God will multiply and spread in the world."

--Pope Benedict XVI, May 29, 2011

Scientific Evidence of a Eucharistic Miracle--video from Buenos Aires / Milagro Eucaristico Buenos Aires Argentina

"Jesus has made Himself the Bread of Life to give us life. Night and day, He is there. If you really want to grow in love, come back to the Eucharist, come back to that Adoration." 
- Mother Teresa

"When you look at the crucifix, you understand how much Jesus loved you then. When you look at the Sacred Host, you understand how much Jesus loves you now." 
- Mother Teresa of Calcutta

Pope Benedict XVI quote on Mary and Catholic Faith

http://hisnameismercy.blogspot.com/p/quotes-that-make-you-think.html

"... it has always been clear that Catholicity cannot exist without a Marian expression, that to be Catholics means to be Marian, that this means love for the Mother, that in the Mother and by the Mother we find the Lord."

--Pope Benedict XVI, May 30, 2011

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Pope addresses Marian Group of His Youth

http://www.zenit.org/article-32712?l=english

Pope laments Nazi occupation of Europe and talks of Mary's trust and "yes" to God.