Pope: To love God is to know Him
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VATICAN CITY — Choosing to love God and fellow human beings is the only choice that gives meaning to peoples' lives, Pope Benedict XVI said in reviewing the teachings of a 12th-century monk.
At his weekly general audience Dec. 2 in a sunny St. Peter's Square, the pope explained the writings of William of St. Thierry, a monastic theologian who believed that love of God is "the ultimate vocation and driving force of the human spirit."
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