A nation that destroys its own people is a nation without hope.
POPE JOHN PAUL IITo believe in Jesus is to accept what he says, even when it runs contrary to what others are saying. It means rejecting the lure of sin, however attractive it may be, in order to set out on the difficult path of the Gospel virtues.
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Only faith in Christ gives rise to a culture contrary to egotism and death.
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I hurry to express to you and your fellow citizens my profound sorrow and my closeness in prayer for the nation at this dark and tragic moment.
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May you experience the truth that he, Christ, looks upon you with love.
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A society will be judged on the basis of how it treats its weakest members; and among the most vulnerable are surely the unborn and the dying.
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Furthermore, because God created it, The human body can remain nude and uncovered and preserve its splendour and its beauty.
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The Eucharist is the heart of the Church. Where Eucharistic life flourishes, there the life of the church will blossom.
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Holidays and vacations can help to balance activity with contemplation, haste with more natural rhythms, noise with the heralding silence of peace.
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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.
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The greatest gift you can give your child is another sibling.
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Humanity should question itself, once more, about the absurd and always unfair phenomenon of war.
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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 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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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.
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The only way to peace is forgiveness.
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The Family that prays together, stays together.
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