Today, the scale and horror of modern warfare – whether nuclear or not – makes it totally unacceptable as a means of settling differences between nations. War should belong to the tragic past, to history; it should find no place on humanity’s agenda for the future.
POPE JOHN PAUL IIThe priest is not and must not be a civil servant of the Church. Above all the priest is a man who lives for the spirit for God. This being the case the Seminary is the place where he learns ‘to be with Him.’
More Pope John Paul II Quotes
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We are the people of life, because God, in His unconditional love, has given us the Gospel of Life, and we are called to act accordingly.
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It can therefore be said that, from the viewpoint of the doctrine of the faith, there are no difficulties in explaining the origin of man in regard to the body, by means of the theory of evolution.
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Your faith will help you realize that it is Jesus Himself Who is present in the Blessed Sacrament, waiting for you and calling you to spend one special specific hour with Him each week.
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Let me go to the house of the Father.
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Man matures through work which inspires him to difficult good.
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Freedom is not the ability to do anything we want, whenever we want. Rather, FREEDOM is the ability to live responsibly the truth of our relationship with God and with one another.
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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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Social justice cannot be attained by violence. Violence kills what it intends to create.
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Young friends, do not hesitate to follow the example of Pedro, who ‘pleased God and was loved by him’ and who, having come to perfection in so short a time, lived a full life.
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In the newborn child is realized the common good of the family.
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The United Nations organization has proclaimed 1979 as the Year of the Child. Are the children to receive the arms race from us as a necessary inheritance?
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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.
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The Eucharist is the source and summit of the Christian life
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Stupidity is also a gift of God, but one mustn’t misuse it.
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The measure of your success will be the measure of your generosity.
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