“Thank you from the heart to all those who in various ways are near me or follow me spiritually with affection and prayers from afar. To each one of you, I ask you to continue to support me by praying to God to let me be his gentle and firm pastor of his church.” WayHeartAsksChurchPrayerSupportPrayingLet MeAffectionVariousFirmGentlePastorPraying To GodFollow MeAfarSupport Me Author:Pope Benedict XVI
“I would recommend a free commerce both of matter and mind. I would let men enter their own churches with the same freedom as their own houses; and I would do it without a homily or graciousness or favor, for tyranny itself is to me a word less odious than toleration.” MenMindMatterHouseChurchLet MeFavorsTyrannyCommerceTolerationGraciousnessE Commerce Book:Dialogues of sovereigns and statesmen Source: Dialogues of sovereigns and statesmen