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POPE JOHN PAUL IIThe 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.
More Pope John Paul II Quotes
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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.
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Love between man and woman cannot be built without sacrifices and self-denial.
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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.
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What really matters in life is that we are loved by Christ and that we love Him in return
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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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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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Violence is a crime against humanity, for it destroys the very fabric of society.
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Be demanding of the world around you; be demanding first of all with yourselves. Be children of God; take pride in it!
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Men and women will retain their sex in heaven
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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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This is no time to be ashamed of the Gospel. It is the time to preach it from the rooftops. Do not be afraid to break out of comfortable and routine modes of living in order to take up the challenge of making Christ known in the modern metropolis.
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Allow the light and the healing presence of Christ to shine brightly through your lives. In that way, all those who come in contact with you will discover the loving kindness of God.
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The saints have always been the source and origin of renewal in the most difficult moments in the Church’s history.
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Life is entrusted to man as a treasure which must not be squandered, as a talent which must be used well.
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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.
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