The Church counters the culture of death with the culture of love.
POPE JOHN PAUL IIThose 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.
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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.
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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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Make your lives intensely Eucharistic.
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Allow the light and the healing presence of Christ to shine brightly through your lives. In that way, all those who come in contact with you will discover the loving kindness of God.
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In the depths of the human soul… the desire to give meaning to one’s own life is joined by the fleeting vision of beauty and of the mysterious unity of things.
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All human activity takes place within a culture and interacts with culture.
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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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To the family is entrusted the task of striving, first and foremost, to unleash the forces of good.
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What really matters in life is that we are loved by Christ and that we love Him in return
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God passionately desires and ardently yearns for our salvation… Nothing is greater than this: that the blood of God was poured out for us.
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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.
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Wars generally do not resolve the problems for which they are fought and therefore, in addition to causing horrendous damage, they prove ultimately futile.
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Each man, in his suffering, can also become a sharer in the redemptive suffering of Christ.
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I have a sweet tooth for song and music. This is my Polish sin.
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The historical experience of socialist countries has sadly demonstrated that collectivism does not do away with alienation but rather increases it, adding to it a lack of basic necessities and economic inefficiency.
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