Once again, through myself, the Church, in the words of the well-known declaration Nostra Aetate, ‘deplores the hatred, persecutions and displays of anti-Semitism directed against the Jews at any time and by anyone.’ I repeat, ‘By anyone.’
POPE JOHN PAUL IIThe 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.
More Pope John Paul II Quotes
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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 hope to have communion with the people, that is the most important thing.
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…if desire is predominant it can deform love between man and woman and rob them both of it.
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Christ remains primary in your life only when he enjoys the first place in your mind and heart. Thus you must continuously unite yourself to him in prayer…. Without prayer there can be no joy, no hope, no peace. For prayer is what keeps us in touch with Christ.
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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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The distinctive mark of the Christian, today more than ever, must be love for the poor, the weak, the suffering.
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We are the sum of the Father’s love for us
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The cemetery of the victims of human cruelty in our century is extended to include yet another vast cemetery, that of the unborn.
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A good leader sees everything, overlooks a great deal, and corrects a little.
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The question confronting the Church today is not any longer whether the man in the street can grasp a religious message, but how to employ the communications media so as to let him have the full impact of the Gospel message.
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All human activity takes place within a culture and interacts with culture.
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From Mary we learn to surrender to God’s Will in all things. From Mary we learn to trust even when all hope seems gone. From Mary we learn to love Christ her Son and the Son of God!
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Faith leads us beyond ourselves. It leads us directly to God.
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Only the chaste man and the chaste woman are capable of true love.
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The promotion of the culture of life should be the highest priority in our societies…If the right to life is not defended decisively as a condition for all other rights of the person, all other references to human rights remain deceitful and illusory.
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