The only struggle which religions can justify, the only struggle worthy of humans, is the moral struggle against humanity’s own disordered passions, against every kind of selfishness, against attempts to oppress others, against every type of hatred and violence.
POPE JOHN PAUL IIAll human activity takes place within a culture and interacts with culture.
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Faith leads us beyond ourselves. It leads us directly to God.
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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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Humanity should question itself, once more, about the absurd and always unfair phenomenon of war.
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The vow of celibacy is a matter of keeping one’s word to Christ and the Church. a duty and a proof of the priest’s inner maturity; it is the expression of his personal dignity.
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True holiness does not mean a flight from the world; rather, it lies in the effort to incarnate the Gospel in everyday life, in the family, at school and at work, and in social and political involvement.
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The worst prison would be a closed heart.
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The problem of pornography is that it does not reveal too much of a woman but too little.
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God made us for joy. God is joy, & the joy of living reflects the original joy that God felt in creating us.
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We began by imagining that we are giving to the; we end by realizing that they have enriched us.
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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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God is Love. We eventually have to ask ourselves the question; why was Love nailed to a cross?
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Know what you are talking about.
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Do you think that there can be anything greater than to bring Jesus to people and people to Jesus?
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The unworthy successor of Peter who desires to benefit from the immeasurable wealth of Christ feels the great need of your assistance, your prayers, your sacrifice, and he most humbly asks this of you.
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May the death penalty, an unworthy punishment still used in some countries, be abolished throughout the world.
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