Young friends, do not hesitate to follow the example of Pedro, who ‘pleased God and was loved by him’ and who, having come to perfection in so short a time, lived a full life.
POPE JOHN PAUL IIWe began by imagining that we are giving to the; we end by realizing that they have enriched us.
More Pope John Paul II Quotes
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The most profound and serious indication of the moral implications underlying the ecological problem is the lack of respect for life evident in many of the patterns of environmental pollution.
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The Lord has given you a heart open to great horizons; do not be afraid to commit your life completely to the service of Christ and His Gospel! Listen to Him as He says again today: ‘The harvest is abundant, but the laborers are few.
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May the culture of life and love render vain the logic of death.
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If you want peace, work for justice. If you want justice, defend life. If you want life, embrace truth.
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Those who perceive in themselves… the artistic vocation as poet, writer, sculptor, painter, musician, and actor feel at the same time an obligation not to waste this talent but to develop it, in order to put it to service of their neighbour and the humanity as a whole.
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A good leader sees everything, overlooks a great deal, and corrects a little.
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Is not Jesus pointing to children even as models for grownups?
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Freedom is not the ability to do anything we want, whenever we want. Rather, FREEDOM is the ability to live responsibly the truth of our relationship with God and with one another.
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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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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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Humanity should question itself, once more, about the absurd and always unfair phenomenon of war.
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Man always travels along precipices… His truest obligation is to keep his balance.
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I do not hesitate to proclaim before you and before the world that all human life-from the moment of conception and through all subsequent stages-is sacred, because human life is created in the image and likeness of God.
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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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Beauty is the vocation bestowed on the artist by the Creator in the gift of artistic talent.
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