Only faith in Christ gives rise to a culture contrary to egotism and death.
POPE JOHN PAUL IINot all are called to be artists in the specific sense of the term. Yet, as Genesis has it, all men and women are entrusted with the task of crafting their own life: in a certain sense, they are to make of it a work of art, a masterpiece.
More Pope John Paul II Quotes
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In the newborn child is realized the common good of the family.
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As the family goes, so goes the nation and so goes the whole world in which we live.
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Love is never defeated, and I could add, the history of Ireland proves it.
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Amongst all unimportant subjects, football is by far the most important.
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Jesus himself has shown us by his own example that prayer and fasting are the first and most effective weapons against the forces of evil.
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There is no dignity when the human dimension is eliminated from the person. In short, the problem with pornography is not that it shows too much of the person, but that it shows far too little.
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Man matures through work which inspires him to difficult good.
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The Church must persist in the teaching transmitted to her by Christ.
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Let science tell us what and how. Let religion tell us who and why.
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Social justice cannot be attained by violence. Violence kills what it intends to create.
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What we talked about will have to remain a secret between him and me. I spoke to him as a brother whom I have pardoned and who has my complete trust.
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The most urgent task is that of the biblical and liturgical formation of the people of God.
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Christ remains primary in your life only when he enjoys the first place in your mind and heart. Thus you must continuously unite yourself to him in prayer…. Without prayer there can be no joy, no hope, no peace. For prayer is what keeps us in touch with Christ.
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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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[On his 83rd birthday] Physical condition or advancing of age are not obstacles to a perfect life. God does not look at external things but at the soul.
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