There is no dignity when the human dimension is eliminated from the person. In short, the problem with pornography is not that it shows too much of the person, but that it shows far too little.
POPE JOHN PAUL IIThe vow of celibacy is a matter of keeping one’s word to Christ and the Church. a duty and a proof of the priest’s inner maturity; it is the expression of his personal dignity.
More Pope John Paul II Quotes
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I have a sweet tooth for song and music. This is my Polish sin.
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The modern world, a world which has experienced marvelous achievements but which seems to have lost its sense of ultimate realities and of existence itself.
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Christ called as his Apostles only men. He did this in a totally free and sovereign way.
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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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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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The greatest gift you can give your child is another sibling.
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From this moment on, live the Eucharist fully; be persons for whom the Holy Mass, Communion, and Eucharistic adoration are the center and summit of their whole life.
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Hands are the heart’s landscape.
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Marriage is an act of will that signifies and involves a mutual gift, which unites the spouses and binds them to their eventual souls, with whom they make up a sole family – a domestic church.
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Christians, in particular, realize that their responsibility within creation and their duty towards nature and the Creator are an essential part of their faith.
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A nation that destroys its own people is a nation without hope.
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The Church must breathe with her two lungs!
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The Eucharist is the source and summit of the Christian life
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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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How beautiful is the family that recites the Rosary every evening.
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