Christ called as his Apostles only men. He did this in a totally free and sovereign way. — Pope John Paul II Copy Share Image
Faith and Reason are like two wings of the human spirit by which is soars to the truth. — Pope John Paul II Copy Share Image
The most urgent task is that of the biblical and liturgical formation of the people of God... — Pope John Paul II Copy Share Image
The cross means there is no shipwreck without hope; there is no dark without dawn; nor storm without haven. — Pope John Paul II Copy Share Image
It is more necessary than ever to intensify liturgical life ... by means of an appropriate formation ... of all the faithful... — Pope John Paul II Copy Share Image
Let science tell us what and how. Let religion tell us who and why. — Pope John Paul II Copy Share Image
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 Image
Nobody is so poor he has nothing to give, and nobody is so rich he has nothing to receive. — Pope John Paul II Copy Share Image
Reason and faith cannot be separated without diminishing the capacity of men and women to know themselves, the world and God in… — Pope John Paul II Copy Share Image
You are priests, not social or political leaders. Let us not be under the illusion that we are serving the Gospel through… — Pope John Paul II Copy Share Image
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
Jesus Christ has taken the lead on the way of the cross. He has suffered first. He does not drive us toward… — Pope John Paul II Copy Share Image
Faith intervenese not to abolish reason's autonomy nor to reduce its scope for action, but solely to bring the human being to… — Pope John Paul II Copy Share Image
And so, like Moses (cf Ex 3, 5), in spirit we remove the shoes from our feet, on the threshold of the… — Pope John Paul II Copy Share Image
The body in its masculinity and femininity has been called "from the beginning" to become the manifestation of the spirit. The body,… — Pope John Paul II Copy Share Image
In my reading and in my studies I always tried to achieve a harmony between faith, reason, and the heart. These are… — Pope John Paul II Copy Share Image
Every act of reverence, every genuflection that you make before the Blessed Sacrament is important because it is an act of faith… — Pope John Paul II Copy Share Image
New knowledge has led to the recognition in the theory of evolution of more than a hypothesis. It is indeed remarkable that… — Pope John Paul II Copy Share Image
The family, as the fundamental and essential educating community, is the privileged means for transmitting the religious and cultural values which help… — Pope John Paul II Copy Share Image
It is pleasant to spend time with Him, to lie close to His breast like the Beloved Disciple and to feel the… — Pope John Paul II Copy Share Image
We need a new apologetic, geared to the needs of today, which keeps in mind that our task is not to win… — Pope John Paul II Copy Share Image
The Church has a special duty to safeguard and strengthen the sacredness of the Eucharist. In our pluralistic and often deliberately secularized… — Pope John Paul II Copy Share Image
Faith and reason are like two wings on which the human spirit rises to the contemplation of truth; and God has placed… — Pope John Paul II Copy Share Image
An effective proclamation of the Gospel in contemporary Western society will need to confront directly the widespread spirit of agnosticism and relativism… — Pope John Paul II Copy Share Image
“Yesterday was a dark day in the history of humanity, a terrible affront to human dignity. After receiving the news, I followed… — Pope John Paul II Copy Share Image
The Gospel of Life is not for believers alone: it is for everyone. The issue of life and its defense and promotion… — Pope John Paul II Copy Share Image
The Church imposes nothing; she only proposes, she proposes like a lover to the beloved. — Pope John Paul II Copy Share Image
Following Christ, the Church seeks the truth, which is not always the same as the majority opinion. — Pope John Paul II Copy Share Image
“Faith and Reason are like two wings of the human spirit by which it soars to the truth.” — Pope John Paul II Copy Share Image
Science can purify religion from error and superstition. Religion can purify science from idolatry and false absolutes. — Pope John Paul II Copy Share Image
Only faith in Christ gives rise to a culture contrary to egotism and death. — Pope John Paul II Copy Share Image
The Gospel must not be kept hidden because of fear or indifference. It was never meant to be hidden away in private.… — Pope John Paul II Copy Share Image
I sense that the moment has come to commit all of the Church's energies to a new evangelization... No believer in Christ,… — Pope John Paul II Copy Share Image
There is no evil to be faced that Christ does not face with us. There is no enemy that Christ has not… — Pope John Paul II Copy Share Image
And Christ, through His own salvific suffering, is very much present in every human suffering, and can act from within that suffering… — Pope John Paul II Copy Share Image
The only struggle which religions can justify, the only struggle worthy of humans, is the moral struggle against humanity's own disordered passions,… — Pope John Paul II Copy Share Image
This is no time to be ashamed of the Gospel. It is the time to preach it from the rooftops. Do not… — Pope John Paul II Copy Share Image
The human person is a unique composite - a unity of spirit and matter, soul and body, fashioned in the image of… — Pope John Paul II Copy Share Image
It would be a sad thing if the religious and moral convictions upon which the American experiment was founded could now somehow… — Pope John Paul II Copy Share Image
The question confronting the Church today is not any longer whether the man in the street can grasp a religious message, but… — 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
