Today, the scale and horror of modern warfare – whether nuclear or not – makes it totally unacceptable as a means of settling differences between nations. War should belong to the tragic past, to history; it should find no place on humanity’s agenda for the future.
POPE JOHN PAUL IIIn 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.
More Pope John Paul II Quotes
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If He asks much of you, it is because He knows you can give much.
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The unworthy successor of Peter who desires to benefit from the immeasurable wealth of Christ feels the great need of your assistance, your prayers, your sacrifice, and he most humbly asks this of you.
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The great danger for family life, in the midst of any society whose idols are pleasure, comfort and independence, lies in the fact that people close their hearts and become selfish.
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What 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.
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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 Eucharist is the source and summit of the Christian life
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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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It would appear that, on the level of individual nations and of international relations, the free market is the most efficient instrument for utilizing resources and effectively responding to needs.
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Forgiveness is above all a personal choice, a decision of the heart to go against the natural instinct to pay back evil with evil.
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Do you think that there can be anything greater than to bring Jesus to people and people to Jesus?
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Man always travels along precipices… His truest obligation is to keep his balance.
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All human activity takes place within a culture and interacts with culture.
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Faith leads us beyond ourselves. It leads us directly to God.
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Do not forget that true love sets no conditions; it does not calculate or complain, but simply loves.
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The greater the feeling of responsibility for the person the more true love there is.
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