Today, the scale and horror of modern warfare – whether nuclear or not – makes it totally unacceptable as a means of settling differences between nations. War should belong to the tragic past, to history; it should find no place on humanity’s agenda for the future.
POPE JOHN PAUL IIFrom now on it is only through a conscious choice and through a deliberate policy that humanity can survive.
More Pope John Paul II Quotes
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In my reading and in my studies I always tried to achieve a harmony between faith, reason, and the heart. These are not separate areas, but are profoundly interconnected, each giving life to the other.
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Hands are the heart’s landscape.
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Freedom is not the ability to do anything we want, whenever we want. Rather, FREEDOM is the ability to live responsibly the truth of our relationship with God and with one another.
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The history of mankind, the history of salvation, passes by way of the family.
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The greatness of work is inside man.
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The Church must breathe with her two lungs!
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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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Love is never defeated, and I could add, the history of Ireland proves it.
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The Mother of Christ, who stands at the very center of this mystery…is given as mother to every single individual and all mankind.
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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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The Gospel of life must be proclaimed and human life defended in all places and all times.
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This is the wonderful truth, my dear friends: the Word, which became flesh two thousand years ago, is present today in the Eucharist
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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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Christ called as his Apostles only men. He did this in a totally free and sovereign way.
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Stupidity is also a gift of God, but one mustn’t misuse it.
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