The Church imposes nothing; she only proposes, she proposes like a lover to the beloved. — 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
Let science tell us what and how. Let religion tell us who and why. — 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
Science can purify religion from error and superstition. Religion can purify science from idolatry and false absolutes. — 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
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 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
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
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
Mary is the sure path to our meeting with Christ. Devotion to the Mother of the Lord, when it is genuine, is… — Pope John Paul II Copy Share Image
The conviction which we must share and spread is that the call to holiness is directed to all Christians. This is not… — 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
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
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
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
Today, almost half a century after the publication of the Encyclical [of Pius IX], new knowledge has led to the recognition in… — Pope John Paul II Copy Share Image
We Christians joyfully recognize the religious values we have in common with Islam. I would like to repeat what I said to… — 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
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
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
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
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
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
“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
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
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 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
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
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
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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