The historical experience of socialist countries has sadly demonstrated that collectivism does not do away with alienation but rather increases it, adding to it a lack of basic necessities and economic inefficiency.
POPE JOHN PAUL IIIf you want peace, work for justice. If you want justice, defend life. If you want life, embrace truth.
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Life with Christ is a wonderful adventure.
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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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I have a sweet tooth for song and music. This is my Polish sin.
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I encourage Christians regularly to visit Christ present in the Blessed Sacrament, for we are all called to abide in the presence of God.
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Each individual in fact has moral responsibility for the acts which he personally performs; no one can be exempted from this responsibility, and on the basis of it everyone will be judged by God himself.
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Truth must be the foundation stone, the cement to solidify the entire social edifice.
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Love is never defeated, and I could add, the history of Ireland proves it.
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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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The Rosary is my favorite prayer. A marvelous prayer! Marvelous in its simplicity and its depth. In the prayer we repeat many times the words that the Virgin Mary heard from the Archangel, and from her kinswoman Elizabeth.
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Wars generally do not resolve the problems for which they are fought and therefore, in addition to causing horrendous damage, they prove ultimately futile.
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Offer Christ your heart in meditation and personal prayer which is the foundation of the spiritual life.
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The distinctive mark of the Christian, today more than ever, must be love for the poor, the weak, the suffering.
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Every effort to make society sensitive to the importance of the family, is a great service to humanity.
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The measure of your success will be the measure of your generosity.
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What we talked about will have to remain a secret between him and me. I spoke to him as a brother whom I have pardoned and who has my complete trust.
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