Playing sport has become very important today, since it can encourage young people to develop important values such as loyalty, perseverance, friendship, sharing and solidarity. — Pope John Paul I Copy Share Image
You know that I try to maintain a continuous conversation with you. I take comfort in the thought that the important thing is not… — Pope John Paul I Copy Share Image
In fact it is remarkable that this theory has had progressively greater influence on the spirit of researchers, following a series of discoveries in… — Pope John Paul I Copy Share Image
“Putting down the book, I said: "Listen, it revolts me to think that God sent His Son to say to us: 'I am the way, the truth, and the life,' with the fine result then that all of us find ourselves in the situation of those blind men, each with a wretched little fragment of the truth in his hand,… — Pope John Paul I Copy Share
What a mistake those who do not hope make! Judas made a huge blunder the day in which he sold Christ for 30 denarii,… — Pope John Paul I Copy Share Image
The priestly vocation is essentially a call to sanctity, in the form that derives from the Sacrament of Holy Orders. Sanctity is intimacy with God; it is the imitation of Christ, poor, chaste and humble; it is unreserved love for souls and self-giving to their true good; it is love for the church which is holy and wants us to… — Pope John Paul I Copy Share
“The other day a little girl in the fifth grade put me in an awkward spot by stating: 'Is it fair that Jesus created seven sacraments and only six of them are available to women?' She was referring, obviously, to Holy Orders to which -- according to eternal tradition -- only males are admitted. What could I answer? After looking… — Pope John Paul I Copy Share
“The Republic of Venice used to boast that, in the space of three months, it could know all the events of the Mediterranean. We see the astronauts, from the distance of a few feet, at the very moment they land on the moon. Unfortunately the news almost swamps us with its frequency and abundance. It doesn't give us time to… — Pope John Paul I Copy Share
“They call it "young music"; I see, however, that the record industry makes millions by the carload for shrewd older people! They invoke the… — Pope John Paul I Copy Share Image
![“You know that I try to maintain a continuous conversation with you. I take comfort in the thought that the important thing is not for one person to write to Christ but for many people to love and emulate [you]. Fortunately, despite everything, this still occurs today.” quote by Pope John Paul I](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/aab/pope-john-paul-i-27248_christ_you-know-that-i-try-to-maintain-a-contin_350970.jpg)
