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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.

Pope John Paul II

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.
POPE JOHN PAUL II

Church Energy Moments
The great danger for family life, in the midst of any society whose idols are pleasure, comfort and independence, lies in the fact that people close their hearts and become selfish.
POPE JOHN PAUL II

Family Independence Lying Selfish
Christians, in particular, realize that their responsibility within creation and their duty towards nature and the Creator are an essential part of their faith.
POPE JOHN PAUL II

Christian Essentials Responsibility
Man matures through work which inspires him to difficult good.
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Maturity Men Work
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.
POPE JOHN PAUL II

Creative might Negative
A just wage for the worker is the ultimate test of whether any economic system is functioning justly.
POPE JOHN PAUL II

Economic Tests Workers
A good leader sees everything, overlooks a great deal, and corrects a little.
POPE JOHN PAUL II

Good Leader Littles
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 II

Countries Country Historical Socialist
May the death penalty, an unworthy punishment still used in some countries, be abolished throughout the world.
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Country Punishment World
Only faith in Christ gives rise to a culture contrary to egotism and death.
POPE JOHN PAUL II

Atheist Culture Giving
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.
POPE JOHN PAUL II

Prayer Rosary Simplicity
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.
POPE JOHN PAUL II

Action Catholic Soul
The Church must breathe with her two lungs!
POPE JOHN PAUL II

Breathe Church Lungs Two
And Christ, through His own salvific suffering, is very much present in every human suffering, and can act from within that suffering by the powers of His Spirit of truth, His consoling spirit.
POPE JOHN PAUL II

Catholic Spirit Suffering
None are so poor that they have nothing to give…and none are so rich that they have nothing to receive.
POPE JOHN PAUL II

Giving Poor Rich
Let science tell us what and how. Let religion tell us who and why.
POPE JOHN PAUL II

Let Religion Science Tell

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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