Christians will want to be in the vanguard in favoring ways of life that decisively break with the exhausting and joyless frenzy… — Pope John Paul II Copy Share Image
Respect for life and for the dignity of the human person also extends to the rest of creation, which is called to… — Pope John Paul II Copy Share Image
The seriousness of ecological degradation lays bare the depth of man's moral crisis... Simplicity, moderation, and discipline as well as the spirit… — Pope John Paul II Copy Share Image
When man turns his back on the Creator's plan, he provokes a disorder which has inevitable repercussions on the rest of the… — Pope John Paul II Copy Share Image
Christians, in particular, realize that their responsibility within creation and their duty towards nature and the Creator are an essential part of… — Pope John Paul II Copy Share Image
Interdependence must be transformed into solidarity based upon the principle that the goods of creation are meant for all. That which human… — Pope John Paul II Copy Share Image
In the sacrifice which Jesus Christ makes of Himself on the Cross for His bride, the Church... there is entirely revealed that… — Pope John Paul II Copy Share Image
Around the world, we can see the results of exploitation which destroys much without taking future generations into account. Today, all men… — Pope John Paul II Copy Share Image
There is a growing threat to the environment, to the vegetation, animals, water and air. Sacred Scripture hands us the image of… — Pope John Paul II Copy Share Image
The aesthetic value of creation cannot be overlooked. Our very contact with nature has a deep restorative power; contemplation of its magnificence… — Pope John Paul II Copy Share Image
The dramatic threat of ecological breakdown is teaching us the extent to which greed and selfishness are contrary to the order of… — Pope John Paul II Copy Share Image
[St. Francis] looked upon creation with the eyes of one who could recognize in it the marvelous work of the hand of… — Pope John Paul II Copy Share Image
The truth of faith about creation is radically opposed to the theories of materialistic philosophy. These view the cosmos as the result… — Pope John Paul II Copy Share Image
the path of goodness had a name it is called Love in it we find the key to every hope and has it's root… — Pope John Paul II Copy Share
Man always travels along precipices... His truest obligation is to keep his balance. — Pope John Paul II Copy Share
The way Jesus shows you is not easy. Rather, it is like a path winding up a mountain. Do not lose heart! The steeper… — Pope John Paul II Copy Share
And Christ, through His own salvific suffering, is very much present in every human suffering, and can act from within that suffering by the… — Pope John Paul II Copy Share
“What is the difference between “creator” and “craftsman”? The one who creates bestows being itself, he brings something out of nothing— ex nihilo sui… — Pope John Paul II Copy Share
The enemy of the human race...invented a means never before heard of, by which he might hinder the preaching of God's word of Salvation… — Pope John Paul II Copy Share
Jesus Christ has taken the lead on the way of the cross. He has suffered first. He does not drive us toward suffering but… — Pope John Paul II Copy Share
Do you think that there can be anything greater than to bring Jesus to people and people to Jesus? — Pope John Paul II Copy Share
Do not be afraid to be saints. Follow Jesus Christ who is the source of freedom and light. Be open to the Lord so… — Pope John Paul II Copy Share
Utilitarianism is a civilization of production and of use, a civilization of "things" and not of "persons," a civilization in which persons are used… — Pope John Paul II Copy Share
The world [is] tired of ideology [and] is opening itself to the truth. The time has come when the splendor of this truth has… — Pope John Paul II Copy Share
The only struggle which religions can justify, the only struggle worthy of humans, is the moral struggle against humanity's own disordered passions, against every… — Pope John Paul II Copy Share
The cemetery of the victims of human cruelty in our century is extended to include yet another vast cemetery, that of the unborn. — Pope John Paul II Copy Share
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