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Benedict XVI: Prayer is the Desire of God. Man was created in the image of God and prayer is an irreducible part of the life of humanity. Benedict XVI noted in the catechesis of the Wednesday general …More
Benedict XVI: Prayer is the Desire of God.

Man was created in the image of God and prayer is an irreducible part of the life of humanity. Benedict XVI noted in the catechesis of the Wednesday general audience, which took place in Saint Peter's Square and was dedicated to illustrating the significance and importance of Christian prayer. Our age is marked by materialism, by secularism, by an apparent eclipse of God, the Pope said. Above all, he added, the prediction has failed of those who, since the Enlightenment, heralded the disappearance of religion and exalted absolute reason. Moreover, the experience of the last century, with two tragic world wars, has undermined that progress which autonomous reason seemed to be able to guarantee. So, in ...