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 IIA just wage for the worker is the ultimate test of whether any economic system is functioning justly.
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Freedom consists not in doing what we like, but in having the right to do what we ought.
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The Eucharist is the heart of the Church. Where Eucharistic life flourishes, there the life of the church will blossom.
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A nation that destroys its own people is a nation without hope.
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St. Joseph was a just man, a tireless worker, the upright guardian of those entrusted to his care. May he always guard, protect and enlighten families.
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Yes, the civilization of love is possible; it is not a utopia. But it is only possible by a constant and ready reference to the “Father from whom all fatherhood and motherhood on earth is named,” from whom every human family comes.
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Today, the scale and horror of modern warfare – whether nuclear or not – makes it totally unacceptable as a means of settling differences between nations. War should belong to the tragic past, to history; it should find no place on humanity’s agenda for the future.
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The ecological crisis is a moral issue.
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Every effort to make society sensitive to the importance of the family, is a great service to humanity.
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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.
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Young friends, do not hesitate to follow the example of Pedro, who ‘pleased God and was loved by him’ and who, having come to perfection in so short a time, lived a full life.
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God is Love. We eventually have to ask ourselves the question; why was Love nailed to a cross?
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The ultimate test of your greatness is the way you treat every human being.
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I hope to have communion with the people, that is the most important thing.
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Furthermore, because God created it, The human body can remain nude and uncovered and preserve its splendour and its beauty.
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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.
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In the fulfillment of your duties, let your intentions be so pure that you reject from your actions any other motive than the glory of God and the salvation of souls.
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Gandhi was much more Christian than many people who say they are Christians.
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Truth can never be confined to time and culture; in history it is known, but it also reaches beyond history.
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May you experience the truth that he, Christ, looks upon you with love.
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How can such episodes of such savage cruelty happen? The heart of man is an abyss out of which sometimes emerge plots of unspeakable ferocity capable of overturning in an instant the tranquil and productive life of a people.
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To the family is entrusted the task of striving, first and foremost, to unleash the forces of good.
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If you want peace, work for justice. If you want justice, defend life. If you want life, embrace truth.
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It is manifestly unjust that a privileged few should continue to accumulate excess goods, squandering available resources, while masses of people are living in conditions of misery at the very lowest level of subsistence.
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May the culture of life and love render vain the logic of death.
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May the death penalty, an unworthy punishment still used in some countries, be abolished throughout the world.
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A good leader sees everything, overlooks a great deal, and corrects a little.
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