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The worst prison would be a closed heart.

Pope John Paul II

The universality of salvation means that it is granted not only to those who explicitly believe in Christ and have entered the Church. Since salvation is offered to all, it must be made concretely available to all.
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Believe Church Mean
Freedom consists not in doing what we like, but in having the right to do what we ought.
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Attitude Consists Freedom Ought
Life is entrusted to man as a treasure which must not be squandered, as a talent which must be used well.
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Men Talent Treasure
Another name for peace is development.
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Challenges Inspire Names
Christians, 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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Christian Essentials Responsibility
A just wage for the worker is the ultimate test of whether any economic system is functioning justly.
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Economic Tests Workers
Truth must be the foundation stone, the cement to solidify the entire social edifice.
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Catholic Foundation Honor
The world [is] tired of ideology [and] is opening itself to the truth. The time has come when the splendor of this truth has begun anew to illuminate the darkness of human existence.
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Darkness Tired World
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.
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Catholic Eye Suffering
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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Excess Levels People
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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Matter Philosophy Views
In my reading and in my studies I always tried to achieve a harmony between faith, reason, and the heart. These are not separate areas, but are profoundly interconnected, each giving life to the other.
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Giving Heart Reading
The measure of your success will be the measure of your generosity.
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Generosity Measure Success
None are so poor that they have nothing to give…and none are so rich that they have nothing to receive.
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Giving Poor Rich
The distinctive mark of the Christian, today more than ever, must be love for the poor, the weak, the suffering.
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Catholic Christian Suffering
And Christ, through His own salvific suffering, is very much present in every human suffering, and can act from within that suffering by the powers of His Spirit of truth, His consoling spirit.
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Catholic Spirit Suffering

The worst prison would be a closed heart.

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