Wars generally do not resolve the problems for which they are fought and therefore, in addition to causing horrendous damage, they prove ultimately futile.
POPE JOHN PAUL IIAllow the light and the healing presence of Christ to shine brightly through your lives. In that way, all those who come in contact with you will discover the loving kindness of God.
More Pope John Paul II Quotes
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The historical experience of socialist countries has sadly demonstrated that collectivism does not do away with alienation but rather increases it, adding to it a lack of basic necessities and economic inefficiency.
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Is not Jesus pointing to children even as models for grownups?
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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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Those in society who are in charge of schools must never forget that the parents have been appointed by God himself as the first and principal educators of their children and that their right is completely inalienable.
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The person who does not decide to love forever will find it very difficult to really love for even one day.
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The Eucharist is the source and summit of the Christian life
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Know what you are talking about.
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A nation that destroys its own people is a nation without hope.
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From Mary we learn to surrender to God’s Will in all things. From Mary we learn to trust even when all hope seems gone. From Mary we learn to love Christ her Son and the Son of God!
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The promotion of the culture of life should be the highest priority in our societies…If the right to life is not defended decisively as a condition for all other rights of the person, all other references to human rights remain deceitful and illusory.
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The Family that prays together, stays together.
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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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Humanity, its dignity and its balance, will depend at every moment and on every place on the globe,on who man is for woman and who woman is for man.
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None of us is alone in this world; each of us is a vital piece of the great mosaic of humanity as a whole.
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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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