[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.
POPE JOHN PAUL IIThe history of mankind, the history of salvation, passes by way of the family.
More Pope John Paul II Quotes
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Another name for peace is development.
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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.
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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.
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Jesus himself has shown us by his own example that prayer and fasting are the first and most effective weapons against the forces of evil.
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This is no time to be ashamed of the Gospel. It is the time to preach it from the rooftops. Do not be afraid to break out of comfortable and routine modes of living in order to take up the challenge of making Christ known in the modern metropolis.
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The Church counters the culture of death with the culture of love.
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The priest is not and must not be a civil servant of the Church. Above all the priest is a man who lives for the spirit for God. This being the case the Seminary is the place where he learns ‘to be with Him.’
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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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Darkness can only be scattered by light, hatred can only be conquered by love.
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The ultimate test of your greatness is the way you treat every human being.
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Violence is a crime against humanity, for it destroys the very fabric of society.
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In Christ and through Christ man has acquired full awareness of his dignity, of the heights to which he is raised, of the surpassing worth of his own humanity, and of the meaning of his existence.
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Gandhi was much more Christian than many people who say they are Christians.
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The most urgent task is that of the biblical and liturgical formation of the people of God.
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Love between man and woman cannot be built without sacrifices and self-denial.
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