Commending the victims to almighty God’s mercy, I implore his strength upon all involved in rescue efforts and in caring for the survivors.
POPE JOHN PAUL IILife is entrusted to man as a treasure which must not be squandered, as a talent which must be used well.
More Pope John Paul II Quotes
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For by his incarnation the Son of God united himself in a certain way with every man. He labored with human hands… and loved with a human heart. Born of Mary the Virgin, he truly became one of us.
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When freedom does not have a purpose, when it does not wish to know anything about the rule of law engraved in the hearts of men and women, when it does not listen to the voice of conscience, it turns against humanity and society.
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It would appear that, on the level of individual nations and of international relations, the free market is the most efficient instrument for utilizing resources and effectively responding to needs.
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Truth can prevail only in virtue of truth itself.
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A nation that destroys its own people is a nation without hope.
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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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The Church must breathe with her two lungs!
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And so, like Moses (cf Ex 3, 5), in spirit we remove the shoes from our feet, on the threshold of the inner sanctuary that each of us must become as we meet the Lord.
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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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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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Faith leads us beyond ourselves. It leads us directly to God.
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Amongst all unimportant subjects, football is by far the most important.
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How can such episodes of such savage cruelty happen? The heart of man is an abyss out of which sometimes emerge plots of unspeakable ferocity capable of overturning in an instant the tranquil and productive life of a people.
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Man must reconcile himself to his natural greatness…. he must not forget that he is a person.
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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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