A good leader sees everything, overlooks a great deal, and corrects a little.
POPE JOHN PAUL IIIn 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.
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Another name for peace is development.
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Truth must be the foundation stone, the cement to solidify the entire social edifice.
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Love consists of a commitment which limits one’s freedom – it is a giving of the self, and to give oneself means just that: to limit one’s freedom on behalf of another.
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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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As the family goes, so goes the nation and so goes the whole world in which we live.
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The Church counters the culture of death with the culture of love.
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We are the sum of the Father’s love for us
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The greatness of work is inside man.
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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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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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There is no true peace without fairness, truth, justice and solidarity.
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The Eucharist is a priceless treasure: by not only celebrating it but also by praying before it outside of Mass we are enabled to make contact with the very wellspring of grace.
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The problem of pornography is that it does not reveal too much of a woman but too little.
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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 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
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Stupidity is also a gift of God, but one mustn’t misuse it.
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All human activity takes place within a culture and interacts with culture.
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The question confronting the Church today is not any longer whether the man in the street can grasp a religious message, but how to employ the communications media so as to let him have the full impact of the Gospel message.
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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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The Gospel of life must be proclaimed and human life defended in all places and all times.
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Wars generally do not resolve the problems for which they are fought and therefore, in addition to causing horrendous damage, they prove ultimately futile.
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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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If He asks much of you, it is because He knows you can give much.
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Through the Rosary the faithful receive abundant grace, as though from the very hands of the Mother of the Redeemer.
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Man always travels along precipices… His truest obligation is to keep his balance.
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I do not hesitate to proclaim before you and before the world that all human life-from the moment of conception and through all subsequent stages-is sacred, because human life is created in the image and likeness of God.
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