It would appear that, on the level of individual nations and of international relations, the free market is the most efficient instrument for utilizing resources and effectively responding to needs.
POPE JOHN PAUL IIMen and women will retain their sex in heaven
More Pope John Paul II Quotes
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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 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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In the Mass and in Eucharistic Adoration we meet the merciful love of God that passes through the Heart of Jesus Christ.
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It is legitimate and necessary to ask oneself if this is not perhaps part of a new ideology of evil, perhaps more insidious and hidden, which attempts to pit human rights against the family and against man.
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Life is entrusted to man as a treasure which must not be squandered, as a talent which must be used well.
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Furthermore, because God created it, The human body can remain nude and uncovered and preserve its splendour and its beauty.
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Love consists of a commitment which limits one’s freedom – it is a giving of the self, and to give oneself means just that: to limit one’s freedom on behalf of another.
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The Church counters the culture of death with the culture of love.
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[On his 83rd birthday] Physical condition or advancing of age are not obstacles to a perfect life. God does not look at external things but at the soul.
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Freedom exists for the sake of love.
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Man’s life comes from God: it is his image and imprint, as sharing in his breath of life. God therefore is the sole Lord of this life: Man cannot do with it as he wills.
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True living is not found in one’s self or in things. It is found in Someone else, in the One who created everything that is good, true, and beautiful in the world. True living is found in God and you discover God in the person of Jesus Christ.
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I have a sweet tooth for song and music. This is my Polish sin.
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We are not the sum of our weaknesses and failures, we are the sum of the Father’s love for us and our real capacity to become the image of His Son Jesus.
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The saints have always been the source and origin of renewal in the most difficult moments in the Church’s history.
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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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The Eucharist is the source and summit of the Christian life
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There is no peace without justice, and no justice without forgiveness.
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May Mary, who in the freedom of her ‘Fiat’ and her presence at the foot of the cross, offered to the world, Jesus, the Liberator, help us to find him in the Sacrament of the altar
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Through the Rosary the faithful receive abundant grace, as though from the very hands of the Mother of the Redeemer.
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I hope to have communion with the people, that is the most important thing.
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The person who does not decide to love forever will find it very difficult to really love for even one day.
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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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Love is never defeated, and I could add, the history of Ireland proves it.
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Commending the victims to almighty God’s mercy, I implore his strength upon all involved in rescue efforts and in caring for the survivors.
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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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