The cemetery of the victims of human cruelty in our century is extended to include yet another vast cemetery, that of the unborn.
POPE JOHN PAUL III kiss the soil as if I placed a kiss on the hands of a mother, for the homeland is our earthly mother. I consider it my duty to be with my compatriots in this sublime and difficult moment.
More Pope John Paul II Quotes
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To reach peace, teach peace.
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Young friends, do not hesitate to follow the example of Pedro, who ‘pleased God and was loved by him’ and who, having come to perfection in so short a time, lived a full life.
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True holiness does not mean a flight from the world; rather, it lies in the effort to incarnate the Gospel in everyday life, in the family, at school and at work, and in social and political involvement.
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The Eucharist is the heart of the Church. Where Eucharistic life flourishes, there the life of the church will blossom.
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As the family goes, so goes the nation and so goes the whole world in which we live.
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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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Social justice cannot be attained by violence. Violence kills what it intends to create.
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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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What really matters in life is that we are loved by Christ and that we love Him in return. In comparison to the love of Jesus, everything else is secondary. And, without the love of Jesus, everything is useless.
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To the family is entrusted the task of striving, first and foremost, to unleash the forces of good.
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A nation that destroys its own people is a nation without hope.
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Man matures through work which inspires him to difficult good.
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The Church imposes nothing; she only proposes, she proposes like a lover to the beloved.
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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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Stupidity is also a gift of God, but one mustn’t misuse it.
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