What we talked about will have to remain a secret between him and me. I spoke to him as a brother whom I have pardoned and who has my complete trust.
POPE JOHN PAUL IIThe Church counters the culture of death with the culture of love.
More Pope John Paul II Quotes
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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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The great danger for family life, in the midst of any society whose idols are pleasure, comfort and independence, lies in the fact that people close their hearts and become selfish.
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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 Gospel of life must be proclaimed and human life defended in all places and all times.
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The Family that prays together, stays together.
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Is not Jesus pointing to children even as models for grownups?
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Each man, in his suffering, can also become a sharer in the redemptive suffering of Christ.
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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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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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Man always travels along precipices… His truest obligation is to keep his balance.
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In the Eucharistic Sacrifice the Church venerates the memory of Mary the ever Virgin Mother of God and the memory of Saint Joseph, because he fed Him whom the faithful must eat as the Bread of Life
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Yes, the civilization of love is possible; it is not a utopia. But it is only possible by a constant and ready reference to the “Father from whom all fatherhood and motherhood on earth is named,” from whom every human family comes.
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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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The Church imposes nothing; she only proposes, she proposes like a lover to the beloved.
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I hope to have communion with the people, that is the most important thing.
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