Those in society who are in charge of schools must never forget that the parents have been appointed by God himself as the first and principal educators of their children and that their right is completely inalienable.
POPE JOHN PAUL IIThe purpose of art is nothing less than the upliftment of the human spirit.
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Christians, in particular, realize that their responsibility within creation and their duty towards nature and the Creator are an essential part of their faith.
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The measure of your success will be the measure of your generosity.
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Another name for peace is development.
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The greatest gift you can give your child is another sibling.
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Darkness can only be scattered by light, hatred can only be conquered by love.
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When freedom does not have a purpose, when it does not wish to know anything about the rule of law engraved in the hearts of men and women, when it does not listen to the voice of conscience, it turns against humanity and society.
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It would appear that, on the level of individual nations and of international relations, the free market is the most efficient instrument for utilizing resources and effectively responding to needs.
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Love between man and woman cannot be built without sacrifices and self-denial.
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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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Take away from love the fullness of self surrender, the completeness of personal commitment, and what remains will be a total denial and negation of it.
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Do not forget that true love sets no conditions; it does not calculate or complain, but simply loves.
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A nation that destroys its own people is a nation without hope.
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The Rosary is my favorite prayer. A prayer so simple and so rich; from deepest heart, I exhort all to recite it.
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The Eucharist is the source and summit of the Christian life
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The Eucharist is a priceless treasure: by not only celebrating it but also by praying before it outside of Mass we are enabled to make contact with the very wellspring of grace.
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The future is in your hearts and in your hands. God is entrusting to you the task, at once difficult and uplifting, of working with Him in the building of the civilization of love.
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What really matters in life is that we are loved by Christ and that we love Him in return. In comparison to the love of Jesus, everything else is secondary. And, without the love of Jesus, everything is useless.
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Through the Rosary the faithful receive abundant grace, as though from the very hands of the Mother of the Redeemer.
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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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Each man, in his suffering, can also become a sharer in the redemptive suffering of Christ.
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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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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.
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God made us for joy. God is joy, & the joy of living reflects the original joy that God felt in creating us.
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May the culture of life and love render vain the logic of death.
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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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