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.
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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The Eucharist is the source and summit of the Christian life
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Darkness can only be scattered by light, hatred can only be conquered by love.
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The problem of pornography is that it does not reveal too much of a woman but too little.
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Love is never defeated, and I could add, the history of Ireland proves it.
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Life with Christ is a wonderful adventure.
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The Church counters the culture of death with the culture of love.
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To reach peace, teach peace.
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Do not drink coffee in early A.M. It will keep you awake until noon. Do not go from the slavery of the Communist regime to the slavery of consumerism.
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Love consists of a commitment which limits one’s freedom – it is a giving of the self, and to give oneself means just that: to limit one’s freedom on behalf of another.
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The Rosary is a prayer both so humble and simple and a theologically rich in Biblical content. I beg you to pray it.
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We are not the sum of our weaknesses and failures, we are the sum of the Father’s love for us and our real capacity to become the image of His Son Jesus.
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Wars generally do not resolve the problems for which they are fought and therefore, in addition to causing horrendous damage, they prove ultimately futile.
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If you want peace, work for justice. If you want justice, defend life. If you want life, embrace truth.
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Humanity should question itself, once more, about the absurd and always unfair phenomenon of war.
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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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