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- Taking into account these distinctions, in harmony with the Magisterium of my Predecessors[81] and in communion with the Bishops of the Catholic Church, I confirm…
- God is Love. We eventually have to ask ourselves the question; why was Love nailed to a cross?
- War should belong to the tragic past, to history: it should find no place on humanity's agenda for the future.
- Peace is not just the absence of war. Like a cathedral, peace must be constructed patiently and with unshakable faith.
- Do not be afraid to be saints. Follow Jesus Christ who is the source of freedom and light. Be open to the Lord so that…
- Make your lives intensely Eucharistic.
- [Speaking of marriage and family] In this entire world there is not a more perfect, more complete image of God, Unity and Community. There is…
- Thus to share in the sufferings of Christ is, at the same time, to suffer for the kingdom of God. In the eyes of the…
- And Christ, through His own salvific suffering, is very much present in every human suffering, and can act from within that suffering by the powers…
- Jesus Christ has taken the lead on the way of the cross. He has suffered first. He does not drive us toward suffering but shares…
- There is no evil to be faced that Christ does not face with us. There is no enemy that Christ has not already conquered. There…
- In Christ and through Christ man has acquired full awareness of his dignity, of the heights to which he is raised, of the surpassing worth…
- In the designs of Providence, there are no mere coincidences.
- Through Mary, we come to her Son more easily.
- In the fulfillment of your duties, let your intentions be so pure that you reject from your actions any other motive than the glory of…
- Dear young people of every language and culture, a high and exhilarating task awaits you: that of becoming men and women capable of solidarity, peace…
- The Gospel of life must be proclaimed and human life defended in all places and all times.
- Man's life comes from God: it is his image and imprint, as sharing in his breath of life. God therefore is the sole Lord of…
- While it is true that the taking of life not yet born or in it's final stages is sometimes marked by a mistaken sense of…
- Precisely in an age when the inviolable rights of the person are solemnly proclaimed and the value of life is publicly affirmed, the very right…
- Those who advocate euthanasia have capitalized on people's confusion, ambivalence and even fear about the use of modern life-prolonging technologies. Being able to choose the…
- Euthanasia and assisted suicide are never acceptable acts of mercy. They always gravely exploit the suffering and desperate, extinguishing life in the name of the…
- There are many examples of this mistaken idea of freedom, such as the elimination of human life by legalized or generally accepted abortion.
- Abortion, euthanasia, human cloning, for example, risk reducing the human person to a mere object: life and death to order, as it were!
- The sickness of a family member, friend or neighbor is a call to Christians to demonstrate true compassion, that gentle and persevering sharing in another's…
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- Preach the Gospel at all times and when necessary use words. — Francis of Assisi
- For it is in giving that we receive. — Francis of Assisi
- While you are proclaiming peace with your lips, be careful to have it even more fully in your heart. — Francis of Assisi
- It is no use walking anywhere to preach unless our walking is our preaching. — Francis of Assisi
- Above all the grace and the gifts that Christ gives to his beloved is that of overcoming self. — Francis of Assisi
- If you believe what you like in the gospels, and reject what you don't like, it is not the gospel you believe,… — Saint Augustine
- Pray as though everything depended on God. Work as though everything depended on you. — Saint Augustine
- He that is jealous is not in love. — Saint Augustine
- O Holy Spirit, descend plentifully into my heart. Enlighten the dark corners of this neglected dwelling and scatter there Thy cheerful beams. — Saint Augustine
- If two friends ask you to judge a dispute, don't accept, because you will lose one friend; on the other hand, if… — Saint Augustine
- Find out how much God has given you and from it take what you need; the remainder is needed by others. — Saint Augustine
- God had one son on earth without sin, but never one without suffering. — Saint Augustine