The only way to peace is forgiveness.
POPE JOHN PAUL IITo the family is entrusted the task of striving, first and foremost, to unleash the forces of good.
More Pope John Paul II Quotes
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The Eucharist is the source and summit of the Christian life
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God passionately desires and ardently yearns for our salvation… Nothing is greater than this: that the blood of God was poured out for us.
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Man’s life comes from God: it is his image and imprint, as sharing in his breath of life. God therefore is the sole Lord of this life: Man cannot do with it as he wills.
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Only faith in Christ gives rise to a culture contrary to egotism and death.
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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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Reason and faith cannot be separated without diminishing the capacity of men and women to know themselves, the world and God in an appropriate way.
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The purpose of art is nothing less than the upliftment of the human spirit.
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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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Once again, through myself, the Church, in the words of the well-known declaration Nostra Aetate, ‘deplores the hatred, persecutions and displays of anti-Semitism directed against the Jews at any time and by anyone.’ I repeat, ‘By anyone.’
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Amongst all unimportant subjects, football is by far the most important.
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Science can purify religion from error and superstition. Religion can purify science from idolatry and false absolutes.
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You are our dearly beloved brothers, and in a certain way, it could be said that you are our elder brothers.
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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.
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I have a sweet tooth for song and music. This is my Polish sin.
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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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