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Treating a person as a means to an end, and an end moreover which in this case is pleasure, the maximization of pleasure, will always stand in the way of love.

Pope John Paul II

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.
POPE JOHN PAUL II

Hatred Passion Struggle
The cemetery of the victims of human cruelty in our century is extended to include yet another vast cemetery, that of the unborn.
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Catholic Death Dying
Amongst all unimportant subjects, football is by far the most important.
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Football Important Subject
God made us for joy. God is joy, & the joy of living reflects the original joy that God felt in creating us.
POPE JOHN PAUL II

Creating God Joy Made
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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Abortion Priorities Rights
There is no true peace without fairness, truth, justice and solidarity.
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Fairness Justice Peace
You, too, be courageous! The world needs convinced and fearless witnesses. It is not enough to discuss, it is necessary to act!
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Fearless Needs World
The Rosary is my favorite prayer. A prayer so simple and so rich; from deepest heart, I exhort all to recite it.
POPE JOHN PAUL II

Heart Prayer Simple
Another name for peace is development.
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Challenges Inspire Names
If He asks much of you, it is because He knows you can give much.
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Asks Giving Knows
God passionately desires and ardently yearns for our salvation… Nothing is greater than this: that the blood of God was poured out for us.
POPE JOHN PAUL II

Blood Faith Inspiration
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
[On his 83rd birthday] Physical condition or advancing of age are not obstacles to a perfect life. God does not look at external things but at the soul.
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Age Perfect Soul
Have no fear of moving into the unknown. Simply step out fearlessly knowing that I am with you, therefore no harm can befall you; all is very, very well. Do this in complete faith and confidence.
POPE JOHN PAUL II

Confidence Godly Moving
To believe in Jesus is to accept what he says, even when it runs contrary to what others are saying. It means rejecting the lure of sin, however attractive it may be, in order to set out on the difficult path of the Gospel virtues.
POPE JOHN PAUL II

Believe Jesus Running
Take away from love the fullness of self surrender, the completeness of personal commitment, and what remains will be a total denial and negation of it.
POPE JOHN PAUL II

Commitment Denial Self

Treating a person as a means to an end, and an end moreover which in this case is pleasure, the maximization of pleasure, will always stand in the way of love.

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