| ...A community needs a soul if it is to become a true home for human beings. You, the people must git it this soul. Pope John Paul II |
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| An excuse is worse and more terrible than a lie, for an excuse is a lie guarded. Pope John Paul II Popular Quotes |
| Another key element of human ecology is the inviolability of human life, especially at its beginning and its end. The Holy See insistently proclaims that the first and most fundamental of all human rights is the right to life, and that when this right is denied all other rights are threatened. The assumption that abortion and euthanasia are human rights deserving legislative sanction is seen by the Holy See as a contradiction which amounts to a denial of the human dignity and freedom which the law is supposed to protect. A society will be judged on the basis of how it treats its weakest members; and among the most vulnerable are surely the unborn and the dying. Pope John Paul II Quotes |
| Christ is truly risen! In him, today, we can overcome forces of evil. Pope John Paul II |
| Do not abandon yourselves to despair. We are the Easter people and hallelujah is our song. Pope John Paul II Adages |
| Freedom consists not in doing what we like, but in having the right to do what we ought. Pope John Paul II Adages |
| From now on it is only through a conscious choice and through a deliberate policy that humanity can survive. Pope John Paul II |
| Hands are the heart's landscape. Pope John Paul II Sayings |
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| Human labor cannot be treated merely as a resource necessary for production -- the so-called 'work force.' Man cannot be regarded as a tool of production. Man is the creator of work and its craftsman. Pope John Paul II Quotations |
| Humanity should question itself, once more, about the absurd and always unfair phenomenon of war, on whose stage of death and pain only remain standing the negotiating table that could and should have prevented it. Pope John Paul II |
| I beg pardon from those I might have led astray or hurt. Please remember me kindly. Pope John Paul II Sayings |
| I have a sweet tooth for song and music. This is my Polish sin. Pope John Paul II |
| I look with awe at this huge building which, in the richness of its architecture, is an expression of faith and love for Holy Mary and for Her Son. Pope John Paul II |
| If you wish to be brothers, drop your weapons. Pope John Paul II |
| It is not credible that any one should possess so little understanding as to desire the faith and yet be destitute of the most necessary faculty to enable him to receive it. Pope John Paul II Quotations |
| Let us pray to God that each one, listening to his own conscience, has the courage to perform responsible and concrete gestures which will allow all to walk the road of peace together, avoiding anything that could lead back to hatred and violence, Pope John Paul II Popular Quotes |
| Love is never defeated, and I could add, the history of Ireland proves it. Pope John Paul II Adages |
| Marriage is an act of will that signifies and involves a mutual gift, which unites the spouses and binds them to their eventual souls, with whom they make up a sole family - a domestic church. Pope John Paul II Quotes |
| Men and women will retain their sex in heaven Pope John Paul II Quotes |
| Modern Society will find no solution to the ecological problem unless it takes a serious look at its lifestyles. Pope John Paul II |
| Open, indeed, throw open wide the doors to Christ! Pope John Paul II |
| Peace is not just the absence of war. Like a cathedral, peace must be constructed patiently and with unshakable faith. Pope John Paul II Adages |
| Radical changes in world politics leave America with a heightened responsibility to be, for the world, an example of a genuinely free, democratic, just and humane society. Pope John Paul II |
| Science can purify religion from error and superstition. Religion can purify science from idolatry and false absolutes. Pope John Paul II |
| simple, humble worker in the vineyard of the Lord. Pope John Paul II Sayings |
| Stupidity is also a gift of God, but one mustn't misuse it Pope John Paul II Adages |
| the death penalty is not allowed in circumstances except those so unusual and remote as to be practically nonexistent. Pope John Paul II |
| The enemy of the human race...invented a means never before heard of, by which he might hinder the preaching of God's word of Salvation to the people. Pope John Paul II |
| The fear of making permanent commitments can change the mutual love of husband and wife into two loves of self-two loves existing side by side, until they end in separation. Pope John Paul II |
| The future starts today, not tomorrow. Pope John Paul II |
| The great danger for family life, in the midst of any society whose idols are pleasure, comfort and independence, lies in the fact that people close their hearts and become selfish. Pope John Paul II Remarks |
| The question confronting the Church today is not any longer whether the man in the street can grasp a religious message, but how to employ the communications media so as to let him have the full impact of the Gospel message. Pope John Paul II |
| The revolutions of 1989, ... were made possible by the commitment of brave men and women inspired by a different and ultimately more profound and powerful vision: the vision of man as a creature of intelligence and free will, immersed in a mystery which transcends his own being and endowed with the ability to reflect and the ability to choose, and thus capable of wisdom and virtue. Pope John Paul II Quotes |
| The truth is not always the same as the majority decision. Pope John Paul II Popular Quotes |
| The truth of faith about creation is radically opposed to the theories of materialistic philosophy. These view the cosmos as the result of an evolution of matter reducible to pure chance and necessity. Pope John Paul II Remarks |
| The United Nations organization has proclaimed 1979 as the Year of the Child. Are The Children to receive the arms race from us as a necessary inheritance? Pope John Paul II Adages |
| The vow of celibacy is a matter of keeping one's word to Christ and the Church. a duty and a proof of the priest's inner maturity; it is the expression of his personal dignity. Pope John Paul II |
| The worst prison would be a closed heart. Pope John Paul II Popular Quotes |
| There are people and nations, Mother, that I would like to say to you by name. I entrust them to you in silence, I entrust them to you in the way that you know best. Pope John Paul II |
| To maintain a joyful family requires much from both the parents and The Children. Each member of the family has to become, in a special way, the servant of The Others. Pope John Paul II Sayings |
| to remember the past is to commit oneself to the future... and to remember Hiroshima is to commit oneself to peace. Pope John Paul II |
| Violence and arms can never resolve the problems of men. Pope John Paul II Adages |
| War should belong to the tragic past, to history: it should find no place on humanity's agenda for the future. Pope John Paul II Popular Quotes |
| Wars generally do not resolve the problems for which they are fought and therefore... prove ultimately futile. Pope John Paul II Sayings |
| What shall I say? Everything that I could say would fade into insignificance compared with what my heart feels, and your hearts feel, at this moment. Pope John Paul II Popular Quotes |
| When freedom does not have a purpose, when it does not wish to know anything about the rule of law engraved in the hearts of men and women, when it does not listen to the voice of conscience, it turns against humanity and society. Pope John Paul II Remarks |
| When war, like the current conflict in Iraq, threatens the fate of humanity, it becomes especially important to say in a strong and decisive voice that peace is the only way to build a more egalitarian and unified society. The threat of violence cannot solve man's problems. Pope John Paul II |
| When you wonder about the mystery of yourself, look to Christ, who gives you the meaning of life. When you wonder what it means to be a mature person, look to Christ, who is the fulfillness of humanity. And when you wonder about your role in the future of the world
look to Christ. Pope John Paul II |
| Work bears a particular mark of man and of humanity, the mark of a person operating within a community of persons. Pope John Paul II |
| You are priests, not social or political leaders. Let us not be under the illusion that we are serving the Gospel through an exaggerated interest in the wide field of temporal problems. Pope John Paul II Remarks |
| You will reciprocally promise love, loyalty and matrimonial honesty. We only want for you this day that these words constitute the principle of your entire life and that with the help of divine grace you will observe these solemn vows that today, before God, you formulate. Pope John Paul II Sayings |
| Young people are threatened... by the evil use of advertising techniques that stimulate the natural inclination to avoid hard work by promising the immediate satisfaction of every desire. Pope John Paul II Sayings |
| [I kiss the soil] as if I placed a kiss on the hands of a mother, for the homeland is our earthly mother. I consider it my duty to be with my compatriots in this sublime and difficult moment. Pope John Paul II |
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the domain of the fundamental rights of the human person and respect for his dignity, of the progress of humanity, which cannot be at any price, of justice and equity, as well as the protection of the planet, all domains that concern the future of man and of humanity, and the responsibility of each generation. Pope John Paul II |
