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The Church imposes nothing; she only proposes, she proposes like a lover to the beloved.

Pope John Paul II

Radical changes in world politics leave America with a heightened responsibility to be, for the world, an example of a genuinely free, democratic, just and humane society.
POPE JOHN PAUL II

Country Example People Responsibility
The Rosary is my favorite prayer. A marvelous prayer! Marvelous in its simplicity and its depth. In the prayer we repeat many times the words that the Virgin Mary heard from the Archangel, and from her kinswoman Elizabeth.
POPE JOHN PAUL II

Prayer Rosary Simplicity
Love between man and woman cannot be built without sacrifices and self-denial.
POPE JOHN PAUL II

Men Sacrifice Self
The future starts today, not tomorrow.
POPE JOHN PAUL II

Dream Future Inspiration
In my reading and in my studies I always tried to achieve a harmony between faith, reason, and the heart. These are not separate areas, but are profoundly interconnected, each giving life to the other.
POPE JOHN PAUL II

Giving Heart Reading
None of us is alone in this world; each of us is a vital piece of the great mosaic of humanity as a whole.
POPE JOHN PAUL II

Humanity Mosaics Pieces
Christians, in particular, realize that their responsibility within creation and their duty towards nature and the Creator are an essential part of their faith.
POPE JOHN PAUL II

Christian Essentials Responsibility
The distinctive mark of the Christian, today more than ever, must be love for the poor, the weak, the suffering.
POPE JOHN PAUL II

Catholic Christian Suffering
Respect for life and for the dignity of the human person also extends to the rest of creation, which is called to join man in praising God.
POPE JOHN PAUL II

Dignity Men Praise
[On his 83rd birthday] Physical condition or advancing of age are not obstacles to a perfect life. God does not look at external things but at the soul.
POPE JOHN PAUL II

Age Perfect Soul
Only the chaste man and the chaste woman are capable of true love.
POPE JOHN PAUL II

Catholic Love Men Purity
A society will be judged on the basis of how it treats its weakest members; and among the most vulnerable are surely the unborn and the dying.
POPE JOHN PAUL II

Dying Treats Vulnerable
I have a sweet tooth for song and music. This is my Polish sin.
POPE JOHN PAUL II

Catholic Song Sweet
The ultimate test of your greatness is the way you treat every human being.
POPE JOHN PAUL II

Greatness Life Pro Tests
The world [is] tired of ideology [and] is opening itself to the truth. The time has come when the splendor of this truth has begun anew to illuminate the darkness of human existence.
POPE JOHN PAUL II

Darkness Tired World
Truth can prevail only in virtue of truth itself.
POPE JOHN PAUL II

Itself Prevail Virtue

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