Social justice cannot be attained by violence. Violence kills what it intends to create.
POPE JOHN PAUL IIWhat 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.
More Pope John Paul II Quotes
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Take heart young people! Christ is calling you and the world awaits you! Remember the Kingdom of God needs your generous and complete dedication.
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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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Man matures through work which inspires him to difficult good.
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If He asks much of you, it is because He knows you can give much.
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The Church must persist in the teaching transmitted to her by Christ.
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You are called to stand up for life! To respect and defend the mystery of life always and everywhere, including the lives of unborn babies, giving real help and encouragement to mothers in difficult situations. You are called to work and pray against abortion.
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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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Each man, in his suffering, can also become a sharer in the redemptive suffering of Christ.
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As the family goes, so goes the nation and so goes the whole world in which we live.
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From Mary we learn to surrender to God’s Will in all things. From Mary we learn to trust even when all hope seems gone. From Mary we learn to love Christ her Son and the Son of God!
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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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I encourage Christians regularly to visit Christ present in the Blessed Sacrament, for we are all called to abide in the presence of God.
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In the newborn child is realized the common good of the family.
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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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Darkness can only be scattered by light, hatred can only be conquered by love.
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