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General Audiences - Pope Benedict XVI

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General Audiences - Pope Benedict XVI
First General Audience: 27 April 2005
General Audience: 30 November 2005
Year of Faith
Paul the Apostle
His Last General Audience
General Audiences: On the Creed for the Year of Faith
The Church Is Christ's
The World is a Gift from the Creator
A Father Who Never Tires of Us
Christians Against the Current
Even Nonbelievers Seek the Face of God
The Mystery of a God with the Heart of a Man
The Divine Origin of Jesus
The Silent Force That Triumphs Over the Clamour of Worldly Power
Searching for Signs of God in a Distracted World
On the Pauline Hymn That Ushers in Advent
Speaking of God in Our Time
The Reasonableness of Faith
The Ways that Lead to Knowledge of God
The Mysterious Desire for God
The Place of Faith
Why Believe Today
A Return to God
The Lesson of the Council
The Christian Liturgy: Heavenly Worship Open to All
The Liturgy Is Service and Participation in Divine Action
Prayer in the Second Part of Revelation
Prayer in the Book of Revelation
The Martyrdom of St John the Baptist
The Queen Who Serves
The Spirituality of St Dominic Guzmán
St Alphonsus Mary Liguori and Prayer
The Way of Christian Life
Prayer Has the Power to Overcome Weakness
God Comforts in Trial and Tribulation
Christianity a Religion of Trust
Prayer Sets Men Free
Peter Trusts in God
The Prayer of St Stephen
Charity and Justice a Spiritual Service
The Church That Prays Finds Harmony in Times of Trial
The Beginning of the New World
Without Mary There Is No Church
Wordless Is the Word
Towards a New Dawn
Ever in God's Hands
The Prayer of Jesus as He Faces Death
Jesus' Prayer in Gethsemane
The Church Is Born From Jesus' Prayer
Origins of the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity
The Food That Gives Strength to the Weary and Bewildered
The Wondrous Exchange Between Divinity and Humanity
Prayer and the Holy Family of Nazareth
Horizens Open to God's World
General Audience Before Christmas
Hearts Open to the Needs of Those Beside Us
With the Heart of a Child
Windows Open to Heaven
A New Season of Hope
True Kingship is Service and Gift of Self
The Alphabet of God's Law
Commemoration of All the Faithful Departed
A Mosaic of Peace
The History of God's Goodness from Creation to Salvation
Open to Hope, Steadfast in Faith
Who Can Find Grass and Water in the Desert
The German People Encouraged to Look to the Future with Trust
The Cry of Anguish That Opens the Heavens
A God Who Answers the Cry of Man
A Colourful Alphabet
Hope for the Future of the Church
In Madrid with the World's Youth
God Speaks in Silence
Keep the Holy Bible Within Reach
Prayer in the Book of Psalms
The Prayer of the Prophet Elijah
Pastoral Visit to Croatia
The Prayer of Moses
The Prayer of Jacob
The Prayer of Abraham
Prayer and the Sense of Religion
Christian Prayer
Octave of Easter 2011
Easter Triduum 2011
The Holiness
St Thérèse of Lisieux
Saint Alphonsus Liguori
St Lawrence of Brindisi
About Lent 2011
St Francis de Sales
St Robert Bellarmine
St John of the Cross
St Peter Canisius
St Teresa of Jesus
Saint Joan of Arc
Christian Unity Abides in Prayer
St Catherine of Genoa
Pope St Leo the Great on Christmas
St Catherine of Bologna
Promise of the Coming Saviour
St Veronica Giuliani
Julian of Norwich
St Catherine of Siena
St Juliana of Cornillon
Visit to Santiago de Compostela and Barcelona
Marguerite d'Oingt
St Bridget of Sweden
St Elizabeth of Hungary
Angela of Foligno
St Getrude the Great
St Matilda of Hackeborn
An Historic Event
St Clare of Assisi
Further Reflection on St Hildegard of Bingen
St Hildegard of Bingen
St Augustine as Traveling Companion of Christians
St Pius X
Several Holy Martyrs
St Tarcisius, Patron of Altar Servers
Bl John Duns Scotus
St Joseph Cafasso
St Thomas Aquinas, Conclusion
St Thomas Aquinas
Visit to Cyprus Recalled
Saint Thomas Aquinas
Munus regendi
Stages of His Apostolic Trip to Portugal
The Duty of Priests to Sanctify
St Leonard Murialdo & St Joseph Cottolengo
Catechesis on His Pastoral Visit to Malta
The Priest's Three Duties
Octave of Easter
Catechesis on the Easter Triduum
St Albert the Great
St Bonaventure & St Thomas Aquinas
St Bonaventure: Literary Work and Doctrine
St Bonaventure
On the Meaning of Ash Wednesday
St Anthony of Padua
St Dominic
St Francis of Assisi
Ecumenism a Result of Divine Action and Human Responsibility
The Mendicant Orders
Peter Lombard
On the Meaning of Christmas
John of Salisbury
Rupert of Deutz
William of Saint-Thierry
Hugh and Richard of Saint-Victor
Encountering God Through Beauty
The Monastic Order of Cluny
St Bernard of Clairvaux and Peter Abelard
Monastic and Scholastic Theology
St Bernard of Clairvaux
Peter the Venerable
St John Leonardi
Apostolic Visit to the Czech Republic
Saint Anselm
Symeon the New Theologian
St Peter Damian
St Odo of Cluny
Protection of the Environment: A Step Towards Integral Human Development
St John Eudes
St John Mary Vianney
Justice and the Common Good
Year for Priests
On the Meaning of the Year for Priests
Sts Cyril and Methodius
John Scotus Erigena
Bl. Rabanus Maurus
St Theodore the Studite
Nothing Is Impossible to God
St John Damascene
St. Germanus I
Ambrose Autpert
Rejoice! Christ is risen! Alleluia
On the Meaning of Holy Week
His Recent Journey to Africa
Lead Us Not into the Temptation of Violence
St. Bede: Venerable for His Wisdom and Holiness
Climbing Towards Union with God
Theological Vision of the Letters to the Colossians and Ephesians
Christ and the Church