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.
POPE JOHN PAUL IICommending the victims to almighty God’s mercy, I implore his strength upon all involved in rescue efforts and in caring for the survivors.
More Pope John Paul II Quotes
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In the newborn child is realized the common good of the family.
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Man’s life comes from God: it is his image and imprint, as sharing in his breath of life. God therefore is the sole Lord of this life: Man cannot do with it as he wills.
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The greatness of work is inside man.
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Another name for peace is development.
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How beautiful is the family that recites the Rosary every evening.
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When man turns his back on the Creator’s plan, he provokes a disorder which has inevitable repercussions on the rest of the created order. If man is not at peace with God, then earth itself cannot be at peace.
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May you experience the truth that he, Christ, looks upon you with love.
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Limitation of one’s freedom might seem to be something negative and unpleasant, but love makes it a positive, joyful and creative thing. Freedom exists for the sake of love.
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You, too, be courageous! The world needs convinced and fearless witnesses. It is not enough to discuss, it is necessary to act!
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I have a sweet tooth for song and music. This is my Polish sin.
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Let science tell us what and how. Let religion tell us who and why.
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Man must reconcile himself to his natural greatness…. he must not forget that he is a person.
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Look, I can surely say by now that I’ve got the antibodies to communism inside me. But when I think of consumer society, with all its tragedies, I wonder which of the two systems is better.
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May Mary, who in the freedom of her ‘Fiat’ and her presence at the foot of the cross, offered to the world, Jesus, the Liberator, help us to find him in the Sacrament of the altar
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From now on it is only through a conscious choice and through a deliberate policy that humanity can survive.
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