Humanity should question itself, once more, about the absurd and always unfair phenomenon of war... — Pope John Paul II Copy Share Image
There is no peace without justice, and no justice without forgiveness. — Pope John Paul II Copy Share Image
There is no true peace without fairness, truth, justice and solidarity. — Pope John Paul II Copy Share Image
If you want peace, work for justice. If you want justice, defend life. If you want life, embrace truth. — Pope John Paul II Copy Share Image
Our very contract with nature has a deep restorative power; contemplation of its magnificence imparts peace and serenity. — Pope John Paul II Copy Share Image
Holidays and vacations can help to balance activity with contemplation, haste with more natural rhythms, noise with the heralding silence of peace. — Pope John Paul II Copy Share Image
The international community should support a system of laws to regularize international relations and maintain the peace in the same manner that… — Pope John Paul II Copy Share Image
Rediscover the Rosary in the light of scripture, in harmony with the Liturgy, and in the context of your daily lives. — 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 best, the surest and the most effective way of establishing PEACE on the face of the earth is through the great… — Pope John Paul II Copy Share Image
The obligation to earn one's bread presumes the right to do so. A society that denies this right cannot be justified, nor… — Pope John Paul II Copy Share Image
The most faithful disciples of Christ have been builders of peace, to the point of forgiving their enemies, sometimes even to the… — Pope John Paul II Copy Share Image
Much of the violence that humanity suffers in our times is rooted inmisunderstanding as well as in the rejection of the values… — 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
There cannot be forgotten the great possibilities of mass media in promoting dialogue, becoming vehicles for reciprocal knowledge, of solidarity and of… — Pope John Paul II Copy Share Image
Opting for peace does not mean a passive acquiescence to evil or compromise of principle. It demands an active struggle against hatred,… — Pope John Paul II Copy Share Image
How can such episodes of such savage cruelty happen? The heart of man is an abyss out of which sometimes emerge plots… — Pope John Paul II Copy Share Image
America you are beautiful . . . and blessed . . . . The ultimate test of your greatness is the way… — Pope John Paul II Copy Share Image
Dear young people of every language and culture, a high and exhilarating task awaits you: that of becoming men and women capable… — Pope John Paul II Copy Share Image
On my knees, I beg of you to turn away from the paths of violence and to return to the path of… — Pope John Paul II Copy Share Image
“The social order will be all the more stable, the more it takes this fact into account and does not place in… — 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
Condemning class struggle does not mean condemning every possible form of social conflict. Such conflicts inevitably arise and Christians must often take… — Pope John Paul II Copy Share Image
Wars generally do not resolve the problems for which they are fought and therefore, in addition to causing horrendous damage, they prove… — Pope John Paul II Copy Share Image
Sensitivity to the immense needs of humanity brings with it a spontaneous rejection of the arms race, which is incompatible with the… — Pope John Paul II Copy Share Image
Our future on this planet, exposed as it is to nuclear annihilation, depends one one single factor: humanity must make a moral… — Pope John Paul II Copy Share Image
There must be a cooperation of all who believe in God, knowing that authentic religiousness - far from placing individuals and peoples… — 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
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
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 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
The obligation to earn one's bread by the sweat of one's brow also presumes the right to do so. A society in… — 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
If development is the new name for peace, war and preparations for war are the major enemy of the healthy development of… — 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
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