There are many examples of this mistaken idea of freedom, such as the elimination of human life by legalized or generally accepted… — Pope John Paul II Copy Share Image
The call for a sincere gift of self is the fullest way to realize our personal freedom. — Pope John Paul II Copy Share Image
Freedom consists not in doing what we like, but in having the right to do what we ought. — Pope John Paul II Copy Share Image
When freedom does not have a purpose, when it does not wish to know anything about the rule of law engraved in… — Pope John Paul II Copy Share Image
The greatest deception, and the deepest source of unhappiness, is the illusion of finding life by excluding God, of finding freedom by… — Pope John Paul II Copy Share Image
Let us not accept violence as the way of peace. Let us instead begin by respecting true freedom: the resulting peace will… — Pope John Paul II Copy Share Image
Freedom is not the ability to do anything we want, whenever we want. Rather, FREEDOM is the ability to live responsibly the… — Pope John Paul II Copy Share Image
May Mary, who in the freedom of her 'Fiat' and her presence at the foot of the cross, offered to the world,… — Pope John Paul II Copy Share Image
Pervading nationalism imposes its dominion on man today in many different forms and with an aggressiveness that spares no one. The challenge… — Pope John Paul II Copy Share Image
Catholic education aims not only to communicate facts but also to transmit a coherent, comprehensive vision of life, in the conviction that… — 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… — Pope John Paul II Copy Share Image
Every scientist, through personal study and research, completes himself and his own humanity. ... Scientific research constitutes for you, as it does… — Pope John Paul II Copy Share Image
The legal toleration of abortion or of euthanasia can in no way claim to be based on respect for the conscience of… — Pope John Paul II Copy Share Image
While it is true that the taking of life not yet born or in it's final stages is sometimes marked by a… — Pope John Paul II Copy Share Image
True freedom is not advanced in the permissive society, which confuses freedom with license to do anything whatever and which in the… — 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… — Pope John Paul II Copy Share Image
You made us for yourself, Lord, and our heart is restless until it rests in you. In this creative restlessness beats and… — Pope John Paul II Copy Share Image
On one hand the eternal attraction of man towards femininity (cf. Gn. 2:23) frees in him-or perhaps it should free-a gamut of… — Pope John Paul II Copy Share Image
It is important for America that the moral truths which make freedom possible should be passed on to each new generation. Every… — Pope John Paul II Copy Share Image
Do not be afraid to be holy! Have the courage and humility to present yourselves to the world determined to be holy,… — Pope John Paul II Copy Share Image
The great danger for family life, in the midst of any society whose idols are pleasure, comfort and independence, lies in the… — Pope John Paul II Copy Share Image
Once the truth is denied to human beings, it is pure illusion to try to set them free. Truth and freedom either… — 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
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
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