Do not forget that true love sets no conditions; it does not calculate or complain, but simply loves.
POPE JOHN PAUL IIThe fear of making permanent commitments can change the mutual love of husband and wife into two loves of self-two loves existing side by side, until they end in separation.
More Pope John Paul II Quotes
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To reach peace, teach peace.
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It can therefore be said that, from the viewpoint of the doctrine of the faith, there are no difficulties in explaining the origin of man in regard to the body, by means of the theory of evolution.
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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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The question confronting the Church today is not any longer whether the man in the street can grasp a religious message, but how to employ the communications media so as to let him have the full impact of the Gospel message.
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Each man, in his suffering, can also become a sharer in the redemptive suffering of Christ.
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The Rosary is a prayer both so humble and simple and a theologically rich in Biblical content. I beg you to pray it.
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May you experience the truth that he, Christ, looks upon you with love.
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For by his incarnation the Son of God united himself in a certain way with every man. He labored with human hands… and loved with a human heart. Born of Mary the Virgin, he truly became one of us.
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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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Love between man and woman cannot be built without sacrifices and self-denial.
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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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Commending the victims to almighty God’s mercy, I implore his strength upon all involved in rescue efforts and in caring for the survivors.
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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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The problem of pornography is that it does not reveal too much of a woman but too little.
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All human activity takes place within a culture and interacts with culture.
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