Social justice cannot be attained by violence. Violence kills what it intends to create.
POPE JOHN PAUL IIThe purpose of art is nothing less than the upliftment of the human spirit.
More Pope John Paul II Quotes
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The 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.’
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I hope to have communion with the people, that is the most important thing.
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Christ called as his Apostles only men. He did this in a totally free and sovereign way.
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A just wage for the worker is the ultimate test of whether any economic system is functioning justly.
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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.
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Christ assigns as a duty to every man the dignity of every woman: and simultaneously… He also assigns to every woman the dignity of every man.
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The vow of celibacy is a matter of keeping one’s word to Christ and the Church. a duty and a proof of the priest’s inner maturity; it is the expression of his personal dignity.
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To 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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There is no peace without justice, and no justice without forgiveness.
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God is Love. We eventually have to ask ourselves the question; why was Love nailed to a cross?
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The greatness of work is inside man.
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Truth must be the foundation stone, the cement to solidify the entire social edifice.
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What we talked about will have to remain a secret between him and me. I spoke to him as a brother whom I have pardoned and who has my complete trust.
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The Church must breathe with her two lungs!
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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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