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.
POPE JOHN PAUL IIThe 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.
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The most profound and serious indication of the moral implications underlying the ecological problem is the lack of respect for life evident in many of the patterns of environmental pollution.
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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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The distinctive mark of the Christian, today more than ever, must be love for the poor, the weak, the suffering.
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Rediscover the Rosary in the light of scripture, in harmony with the Liturgy, and in the context of your daily lives.
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The most urgent task is that of the biblical and liturgical formation of the people of God.
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The person who does not decide to love forever will find it very difficult to really love for even one day.
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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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Reason and faith cannot be separated without diminishing the capacity of men and women to know themselves, the world and God in an appropriate way.
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True living is not found in one’s self or in things. It is found in Someone else, in the One who created everything that is good, true, and beautiful in the world. True living is found in God and you discover God in the person of Jesus Christ.
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I hurry to express to you and your fellow citizens my profound sorrow and my closeness in prayer for the nation at this dark and tragic moment.
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Chastity is a difficult long term matter, one must wait patiently for it to bear fruit for the happiness of loving kindness which it must bring. But at the same time chastity is the sure way to happiness.
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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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In the newborn child is realized the common good of the family.
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Another name for peace is development.
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You are our dearly beloved brothers, and in a certain way, it could be said that you are our elder brothers.
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