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.
POPE JOHN PAUL IIMay Mary, who in the freedom of her ‘Fiat’ and her presence at the foot of the cross, offered to the world, Jesus, the Liberator, help us to find him in the Sacrament of the altar
More Pope John Paul II Quotes
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Truth can prevail only in virtue of truth itself.
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If you want peace, work for justice. If you want justice, defend life. If you want life, embrace truth.
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Truth must be the foundation stone, the cement to solidify the entire social edifice.
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The ecological crisis is a moral issue.
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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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A just wage for the worker is the ultimate test of whether any economic system is functioning justly.
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May the culture of life and love render vain the logic of death.
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The most profound and serious indication of the moral implications underlying the ecological problem is the lack of respect for life evident in many of the patterns of environmental pollution.
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Let science tell us what and how. Let religion tell us who and why.
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The promotion of the culture of life should be the highest priority in our societies…If the right to life is not defended decisively as a condition for all other rights of the person, all other references to human rights remain deceitful and illusory.
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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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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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Beauty is the vocation bestowed on the artist by the Creator in the gift of artistic talent.
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Through the Rosary the faithful receive abundant grace, as though from the very hands of the Mother of the Redeemer.
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The Rosary is my favorite prayer. A prayer so simple and so rich; from deepest heart, I exhort all to recite it.
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