The secularized and technological society in which we live in, for decades, has suffered from a crisis of meaning, which makes it difficult for human beings to find answers to the fundamental questions of existence. At times, it plunges you into substitute customs for religion that are equally harmful. This study addresses the problem based on the bibliographic review of some texts by Joseph Ratzinger, both in his stage as theologian, and as Pope Benedict XVI. According to his reflections, it can be said that it is a persistent problem, not only in the author’s thought, but in society as a whole. Once more the need of an encounter with the faith is proposed. This is grounded in the relational nature of the human being, as a way out of the crisis, or as a new discovery of the meaning of human life.