Paul, from Scotland, has recently returned from a year in Rome: "During my time there as a young Catholic I got to spend a lot of time witnessing and seeing the heart of our Church, and at the very heart of our Church, the leader of our Church, our Holy F

Tom, from South Africa, grew up with John Paul II but when he first started coming back to his faith, it was all about Pope Benedict: "I think he's doing so much for the Church in terms of the reform of the reform and that kind of thing. So for me you can

Doug, from the United States, is currently studying in Rome and has been reading a lot more by Pope Benedict (eg his interview with Peter Seewald in Light of the World). This Christmas Doug served for BXVI at Midnight Mass at St Peter's: "It was a very po

Charles, from England, is most struck by Benedict XVI's fatherliness and his continual encouragement that if every person is called to holiness, then every person is called to become a saint: "I think what Pope Benedict has shown us is in his papacy is th

Erin-Thérèse, from the USA and 1 of the Totus2us team, on Papa Benedetto and how her trip in 2007 to Rome for Easter Sunday in St Peter's Square had a huge impact on her and her husband: "That moment, that Easter, had its trajectory in our eventual conver

Ruth, from England and 1 of the Totus2us team, on Cardinal Ratzinger's close friendship with John Paul II; about his writings as Pope Benedict: his Letter to the Catholics of Ireland, his great encyclicals on Love, Hope, and Charity and Truth, and his boo

Niamh, from England, loves Papa Benedetto for all that he teaches, and most especially because she has found that at the heart of everything he says is his call to a real, authentic friendship with Christ. BXVI, from his Message for the 26th World Youth D

Anthony, an Indian expat working in Dubai, highlights the universality of the Church - what it is to be Catholic - and the gift of the Papacy, because the Papacy was instituted by Christ himself. He started admiring the Cardinal Ratzinger's humility when

Fr Martin, from England, recalls the days leading up to Cardinal Ratzinger's election and inauguration as Pope Benedict XVI. His quote is from Papa Benedetto's homily: "If we let Christ into our lives, we lose nothing, nothing, absolutely nothing of what

Frankie, from England and 1 of the Totus2us team, talks about having been with Papa Benedetto at World Youth Day 2008 in Sydney. BXVI: "Love is the light." Visit Totus2us.com for much more. Music by Amanda Vernon.