Christians, in particular, realize that their responsibility within creation and their duty towards nature and the Creator are an essential part of their faith.
POPE JOHN PAUL IIWhat really matters in life is that we are loved by Christ and that we love Him in return. In comparison to the love of Jesus, everything else is secondary. And, without the love of Jesus, everything is useless.
More Pope John Paul II Quotes
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The Eucharist is the heart of the Church. Where Eucharistic life flourishes, there the life of the church will blossom.
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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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When freedom does not have a purpose, when it does not wish to know anything about the rule of law engraved in the hearts of men and women, when it does not listen to the voice of conscience, it turns against humanity and 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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The ecological crisis is a moral issue.
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Humanity should question itself, once more, about the absurd and always unfair phenomenon of war.
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Man always travels along precipices… His truest obligation is to keep his balance.
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Freedom consists not in doing what we like, but in having the right to do what we ought.
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Every effort to make society sensitive to the importance of the family, is a great service to humanity.
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God is Love. We eventually have to ask ourselves the question; why was Love nailed to a cross?
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Beauty is the vocation bestowed on the artist by the Creator in the gift of artistic talent.
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Beneath the Sacred Host, Christ is contained, the Redeemer of the world
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The Lord has given you a heart open to great horizons; do not be afraid to commit your life completely to the service of Christ and His Gospel! Listen to Him as He says again today: ‘The harvest is abundant, but the laborers are few.
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From now on it is only through a conscious choice and through a deliberate policy that humanity can survive.
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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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