The saints have always been the source and origin of renewal in the most difficult moments in the Church's history. — Pope John Paul II Copy Share Image
Each man, in his suffering, can also become a sharer in the redemptive suffering of Christ. — Pope John Paul II Copy Share Image
Do not forget that true love sets no conditions; it does not calculate or complain, but simply loves. — Pope John Paul II Copy Share Image
The Gospel of life must be proclaimed and human life defended in all places and all times. — Pope John Paul II Copy Share Image
Peace is not just the absence of war. Like a cathedral, peace must be constructed patiently and with unshakable faith. — Pope John Paul II Copy Share Image
The person who does not decide to love forever will find it very difficult to really love for even one day. — Pope John Paul II Copy Share Image
War should belong to the tragic past, to history: it should find no place on humanity's agenda for the future. — Pope John Paul II Copy Share Image
Abortion, euthanasia, human cloning, for example, risk reducing the human person to a mere object: life and death to order, as it… — 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
What really matters in life is that we are loved by Christ and that we love Him in return. In comparison to… — Pope John Paul II Copy Share Image
In Christ and through Christ man has acquired full awareness of his dignity, of the heights to which he is raised, of… — 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
[Speaking of marriage and family] In this entire world there is not a more perfect, more complete image of God, Unity and… — Pope John Paul II Copy Share Image
When you wonder about the mystery of yourself, look to Christ, who gives you the meaning of life. When you wonder what… — Pope John Paul II Copy Share Image
The way Jesus shows you is not easy. Rather, it is like a path winding up a mountain. Do not lose heart!… — 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 history of mankind, the history of salvation, passes by way of the family... The family is placed at the center of… — Pope John Paul II Copy Share Image
Taking into account these distinctions, in harmony with the Magisterium of my Predecessors[81] and in communion with the Bishops of the Catholic… — Pope John Paul II Copy Share Image
Euthanasia and assisted suicide are never acceptable acts of mercy. They always gravely exploit the suffering and desperate, extinguishing life in the… — Pope John Paul II Copy Share Image
Those who advocate euthanasia have capitalized on people's confusion, ambivalence and even fear about the use of modern life-prolonging technologies. Being able… — Pope John Paul II Copy Share Image
Thus to share in the sufferings of Christ is, at the same time, to suffer for the kingdom of God. In the… — Pope John Paul II Copy Share Image
The sickness of a family member, friend or neighbor is a call to Christians to demonstrate true compassion, that gentle and persevering… — 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
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 Image
Man always travels along precipices... His truest obligation is to keep his balance. — Pope John Paul II Copy Share Image
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 Image
The Church must persist in the teaching transmitted to her by Christ. — 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 by the… — Pope John Paul II Copy Share Image
“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 Image
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 Image
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 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
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image