Commending the victims to almighty God’s mercy, I implore his strength upon all involved in rescue efforts and in caring for the survivors.
POPE JOHN PAUL IIChristians, in particular, realize that their responsibility within creation and their duty towards nature and the Creator are an essential part of their faith.
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The worst prison would be a closed heart.
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Darkness can only be scattered by light, hatred can only be conquered by love.
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Each individual in fact has moral responsibility for the acts which he personally performs; no one can be exempted from this responsibility, and on the basis of it everyone will be judged by God himself.
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Be demanding of the world around you; be demanding first of all with yourselves. Be children of God; take pride in it!
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Christ called as his Apostles only men. He did this in a totally free and sovereign way.
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A good leader sees everything, overlooks a great deal, and corrects a little.
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It would be a sad thing if the religious and moral convictions upon which the American experiment was founded could now somehow be considered a danger to free society.
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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.
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May the culture of life and love render vain the logic of death.
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Do not be afraid to be saints. Follow Jesus Christ who is the source of freedom and light. Be open to the Lord so that He may lighten all your ways.
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Each man, in his suffering, can also become a sharer in the redemptive suffering of Christ.
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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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When man turns his back on the Creator’s plan, he provokes a disorder which has inevitable repercussions on the rest of the created order. If man is not at peace with God, then earth itself cannot be at peace.
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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.
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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.
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