Pope Benedict XVI (1927) 265th Pope of the Catholic Church
Encyclical Letter Spe Salvi of the Supreme Pontiff Benedict XVI to the Bishops Priests and Deacons Men and Women Religious and All the Lay Faithful On Christian Hope, 30 November 2007
2007
“To the atheist, the world is filled with madness and crazy people who believe in superstitions that cannot even prove to be true.”
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