True holiness does not mean a flight from the world; rather, it lies in the effort to incarnate the Gospel in everyday life, in the family, at school and at work, and in social and political involvement.
POPE JOHN PAUL IIThere is no true peace without fairness, truth, justice and solidarity.
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There is no dignity when the human dimension is eliminated from the person. In short, the problem with pornography is not that it shows too much of the person, but that it shows far too little.
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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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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.
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Science can purify religion from error and superstition. Religion can purify science from idolatry and false absolutes.
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The greatest deception, and the deepest source of unhappiness, is the illusion of finding life by excluding God, of finding freedom by excluding moral truths and personal responsibility.
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Love is never defeated, and I could add, the history of Ireland proves it.
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There is no true peace without fairness, truth, justice and solidarity.
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To the family is entrusted the task of striving, first and foremost, to unleash the forces of good.
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Truth can never be confined to time and culture; in history it is known, but it also reaches beyond history.
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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.
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Yes, the civilization of love is possible; it is not a utopia. But it is only possible by a constant and ready reference to the “Father from whom all fatherhood and motherhood on earth is named,” from whom every human family comes.
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A person’s rightful due is to be treated as an object of love, not as an object for use.
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Thus to share in the sufferings of Christ is, at the same time, to suffer for the kingdom of God. In the eyes of the just God, before his judgment. Those who share in the sufferings of Christ become worthy of this kingdom.
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The Lord has given you a heart open to great horizons; do not be afraid to commit your life completely to the service of Christ and His Gospel! Listen to Him as He says again today: ‘The harvest is abundant, but the laborers are few.
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The worst prison would be a closed heart.
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