It is manifestly unjust that a privileged few should continue to accumulate excess goods, squandering available resources, while masses of people are living in conditions of misery at the very lowest level of subsistence.
POPE JOHN PAUL IIChrist called as his Apostles only men. He did this in a totally free and sovereign way.
More Pope John Paul II Quotes
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The ecological crisis is a moral issue.
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None of us is alone in this world; each of us is a vital piece of the great mosaic of humanity as a whole.
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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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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.
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Offer Christ your heart in meditation and personal prayer which is the foundation of the spiritual life.
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Truth can prevail only in virtue of truth itself.
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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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God is Love. We eventually have to ask ourselves the question; why was Love nailed to a cross?
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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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Truth can never be confined to time and culture; in history it is known, but it also reaches beyond history.
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I encourage Christians regularly to visit Christ present in the Blessed Sacrament, for we are all called to abide in the presence of God.
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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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Christians, in particular, realize that their responsibility within creation and their duty towards nature and the Creator are an essential part of their faith.
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The Church counters the culture of death with the culture of love.
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There is no dignity when the human dimension is eliminated from the person. In short, the problem with pornography is not that it shows too much of the person, but that it shows far too little.
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