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 III encourage Christians regularly to visit Christ present in the Blessed Sacrament, for we are all called to abide in the presence of God.
More Pope John Paul II Quotes
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Pray and learn to pray! Deepen your knowledge of the Word of the Living God by reading and meditating on the Scriptures.
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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.’
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It can therefore be said that, from the viewpoint of the doctrine of the faith, there are no difficulties in explaining the origin of man in regard to the body, by means of the theory of evolution.
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I kiss the soil as if I placed a kiss on the hands of a mother, for the homeland is our earthly mother. I consider it my duty to be with my compatriots in this sublime and difficult moment.
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Stupidity is also a gift of God, but one mustn’t misuse it.
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The Church must persist in the teaching transmitted to her by Christ.
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Social justice cannot be attained by violence. Violence kills what it intends to create.
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I hope to have communion with the people, that is the most important thing.
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An important day in a young person’s life is the day on which he becomes convinced that Christ is the only Friend who will not disappoint him, on which he can always count.
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Christ called as his Apostles only men. He did this in a totally free and sovereign way.
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The Eucharist is the heart of the Church. Where Eucharistic life flourishes, there the life of the church will blossom.
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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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Be demanding of the world around you; be demanding first of all with yourselves. Be children of God; take pride in it!
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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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None are so poor that they have nothing to give…and none are so rich that they have nothing to receive.
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