[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.
POPE JOHN PAUL IIBeneath the Sacred Host, Christ is contained, the Redeemer of the world
More Pope John Paul II Quotes
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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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St. Joseph was a just man, a tireless worker, the upright guardian of those entrusted to his care. May he always guard, protect and enlighten families.
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There is no true peace without fairness, truth, justice and solidarity.
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The ecological crisis is a moral issue.
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I sense that the moment has come to commit all of the Church’s energies to a new evangelization… No believer in Christ, no institution of the Church can avoid this supreme duty: to proclaim Christ to all peoples.
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Are you capable of risking your life for someone? Do it for Christ.
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May the death penalty, an unworthy punishment still used in some countries, be abolished throughout the world.
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I have a sweet tooth for song and music. This is my Polish sin.
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Social justice cannot be attained by violence. Violence kills what it intends to create.
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The universality of salvation means that it is granted not only to those who explicitly believe in Christ and have entered the Church. Since salvation is offered to all, it must be made concretely available to all.
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We began by imagining that we are giving to the; we end by realizing that they have enriched us.
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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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Yes, the civilization of love is possible; it is not a utopia. But it is only possible by a constant and ready reference to the “Father from whom all fatherhood and motherhood on earth is named,” from whom every human family comes.
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Let me go to the house of the Father.
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There is no dignity when the human dimension is eliminated from the person. In short, the problem with pornography is not that it shows too much of the person, but that it shows far too little.
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