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.
POPE JOHN PAUL IIGod is Love. We eventually have to ask ourselves the question; why was Love nailed to a cross?
More Pope John Paul II Quotes
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Look, I can surely say by now that I’ve got the antibodies to communism inside me. But when I think of consumer society, with all its tragedies, I wonder which of the two systems is better.
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Have no fear of moving into the unknown. Simply step out fearlessly knowing that I am with you, therefore no harm can befall you; all is very, very well. Do this in complete faith and confidence.
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Christians, in particular, realize that their responsibility within creation and their duty towards nature and the Creator are an essential part of their faith.
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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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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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To reach peace, teach peace.
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I hope to have communion with the people, that is the most important thing.
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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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Man matures through work which inspires him to difficult good.
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Darkness can only be scattered by light, hatred can only be conquered by love.
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Is not Jesus pointing to children even as models for grownups?
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Social justice cannot be attained by violence. Violence kills what it intends to create.
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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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The greater the feeling of responsibility for the person the more true love there is.
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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.
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