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[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.
More Pope John Paul II Quotes
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The Eucharist is a priceless treasure: by not only celebrating it but also by praying before it outside of Mass we are enabled to make contact with the very wellspring of grace.
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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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In my reading and in my studies I always tried to achieve a harmony between faith, reason, and the heart. These are not separate areas, but are profoundly interconnected, each giving life to the other.
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It would be a sad thing if the religious and moral convictions upon which the American experiment was founded could now somehow be considered a danger to free society.
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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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From now on it is only through a conscious choice and through a deliberate policy that humanity can survive.
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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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God is Love. We eventually have to ask ourselves the question; why was Love nailed to a cross?
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Art has a unique capacity to take one or other facet of the message and translate it into colors, shapes and sounds which nourish the intuition of those who look and listen.
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Truth must be the foundation stone, the cement to solidify the entire social edifice.
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Beauty is the vocation bestowed on the artist by the Creator in the gift of artistic talent.
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The Gospel of life must be proclaimed and human life defended in all places and all times.
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The only way to peace is forgiveness.
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The most urgent task is that of the biblical and liturgical formation of the people of God.
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The United Nations organization has proclaimed 1979 as the Year of the Child. Are the children to receive the arms race from us as a necessary inheritance?
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