black
grey
blue
red
brown
white

The only struggle which religions can justify, the only struggle worthy of humans, is the moral struggle against humanity’s own disordered passions, against every kind of selfishness, against attempts to oppress others, against every type of hatred and violence.

Pope John Paul II

The measure of your success will be the measure of your generosity.
POPE JOHN PAUL II

Generosity Measure Success
May the death penalty, an unworthy punishment still used in some countries, be abolished throughout the world.
POPE JOHN PAUL II

Country Punishment World
May Mary, who in the freedom of her ‘Fiat’ and her presence at the foot of the cross, offered to the world, Jesus, the Liberator, help us to find him in the Sacrament of the altar
POPE JOHN PAUL II

Feet Jesus Sacrament World
Truth can never be confined to time and culture; in history it is known, but it also reaches beyond history.
POPE JOHN PAUL II

Confined Culture Truth
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

Catholic Past War
Are you capable of risking your life for someone? Do it for Christ.
POPE JOHN PAUL II

Capable Christ Life Risking Your
In Christ and through Christ man has acquired full awareness of his dignity, of the heights to which he is raised, of the surpassing worth of his own humanity, and of the meaning of his existence.
POPE JOHN PAUL II

Catholic Humanity Men
Freedom consists not in doing what we like, but in having the right to do what we ought.
POPE JOHN PAUL II

Attitude Consists Freedom Ought
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

Matter Philosophy Views
The ultimate test of your greatness is the way you treat every human being.
POPE JOHN PAUL II

Greatness Life Pro Tests
Look, I can surely say by now that I’ve got the antibodies to communism inside me. But when I think of consumer society, with all its tragedies, I wonder which of the two systems is better.
POPE JOHN PAUL II

Thinking Tragedy Two
Thus to share in the sufferings of Christ is, at the same time, to suffer for the kingdom of God. In the eyes of the just God, before his judgment. Those who share in the sufferings of Christ become worthy of this kingdom.
POPE JOHN PAUL II

Catholic Eye Suffering
Know what you are talking about.
POPE JOHN PAUL II

Jesus Knowing Knowledge Talking
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

Expression God Maturity Servant
The unworthy successor of Peter who desires to benefit from the immeasurable wealth of Christ feels the great need of your assistance, your prayers, your sacrifice, and he most humbly asks this of you.
POPE JOHN PAUL II

Desire Prayer Sacrifice
Holidays and vacations can help to balance activity with contemplation, haste with more natural rhythms, noise with the heralding silence of peace.
POPE JOHN PAUL II

Faith Holiday Inspiration

The only struggle which religions can justify, the only struggle worthy of humans, is the moral struggle against humanity’s own disordered passions, against every kind of selfishness, against attempts to oppress others, against every type of hatred and violence.

Related Topics

Popular Authors

The only struggle which religions can justify, the only struggle worthy of humans, is the moral struggle against humanity’s own disordered passions, against every kind of selfishness, against attempts to oppress others, against every type of hatred and violence.

Related Topics

Popular Authors

More Pope John Paul II Quotes