Christ called as his Apostles only men. He did this in a totally free and sovereign way.
POPE JOHN PAUL IIArt has a unique capacity to take one or other facet of the message and translate it into colors, shapes and sounds which nourish the intuition of those who look and listen.
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Do not be afraid to be saints. Follow Jesus Christ who is the source of freedom and light. Be open to the Lord so that He may lighten all your ways.
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The truth of faith about creation is radically opposed to the theories of materialistic philosophy. These view the cosmos as the result of an evolution of matter reducible to pure chance and necessity.
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…if desire is predominant it can deform love between man and woman and rob them both of it.
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Gandhi was much more Christian than many people who say they are Christians.
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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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Christ assigns as a duty to every man the dignity of every woman: and simultaneously… He also assigns to every woman the dignity of every man.
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Reason and faith cannot be separated without diminishing the capacity of men and women to know themselves, the world and God in an appropriate way.
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We are the sum of the Father’s love for us
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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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Respect for life and for the dignity of the human person also extends to the rest of creation, which is called to join man in praising God.
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The historical experience of socialist countries has sadly demonstrated that collectivism does not do away with alienation but rather increases it, adding to it a lack of basic necessities and economic inefficiency.
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For by his incarnation the Son of God united himself in a certain way with every man. He labored with human hands… and loved with a human heart. Born of Mary the Virgin, he truly became one of us.
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Each man, in his suffering, can also become a sharer in the redemptive suffering of Christ.
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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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Truth must be the foundation stone, the cement to solidify the entire social edifice.
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