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You are our dearly beloved brothers, and in a certain way, it could be said that you are our elder brothers.

Pope John Paul II

The future is in your hearts and in your hands. God is entrusting to you the task, at once difficult and uplifting, of working with Him in the building of the civilization of love.
POPE JOHN PAUL II

Civilization Hands Heart Uplifting
A good leader sees everything, overlooks a great deal, and corrects a little.
POPE JOHN PAUL II

Good Leader Littles
There is no peace without justice, and no justice without forgiveness.
POPE JOHN PAUL II

Catholic Justice
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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Caring Effort September
I hope to have communion with the people, that is the most important thing.
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Communion Important People
Take away from love the fullness of self surrender, the completeness of personal commitment, and what remains will be a total denial and negation of it.
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Commitment Denial Self
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.
POPE JOHN PAUL II

Facts Moral Responsibility
The Church must persist in the teaching transmitted to her by Christ.
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Catholic Church Teaching
The vow of celibacy is a matter of keeping one’s word to Christ and the Church. a duty and a proof of the priest’s inner maturity; it is the expression of his personal dignity.
POPE JOHN PAUL II

Expression God Maturity Servant
Limitation of one’s freedom might seem to be something negative and unpleasant, but love makes it a positive, joyful and creative thing. Freedom exists for the sake of love.
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Creative might Negative
Social justice cannot be attained by violence. Violence kills what it intends to create.
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Justice Social Violence
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.
POPE JOHN PAUL II

Believe Church Mean
In the fulfillment of your duties, let your intentions be so pure that you reject from your actions any other motive than the glory of God and the salvation of souls.
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Action Catholic Soul
The sickness of a family member, friend or neighbor is a call to Christians to demonstrate true compassion, that gentle and persevering sharing in another’s pain.
POPE JOHN PAUL II

Christian Compassion Pain
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.
POPE JOHN PAUL II

Abortion Priorities Rights
The modern world, a world which has experienced marvelous achievements but which seems to have lost its sense of ultimate realities and of existence itself.
POPE JOHN PAUL II

Faith Inspiration Reality

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