“We should not be entertained by the sins for which Christ died.”

“ We should all have the freedom to die with majesty in an unworthy life which was subjected to sin and vanity. ”

“Christ died for our sins. Dare we make his martyrdom meaningless by not committing them?”

“Christ died"--that is history; "Christ died for our sins"--that is doctrine. Without these two elements, joined in an absolutely indissoluble union, there is no Christianity.”

“Sin is the handle by which I get Christ,...”

“The Pope replied, “of what should we not be afraid? We should not fear the truth about ourselves.” He spoke of how Saint Peter himself, the rock on which Christ had built his church, had told Christ to leave him, “for I am a sinful man.” Peter was a sinful man. We all are, including popes. We are imperfect and “our hearts are anxious.” But we cannot and should not let the fact of our unworthiness and flaws and failures build that wall with a kind of inverted pride that says, Oh, I’m so unworthy, and I’d know how unworthy I am better than you would.”