Quote

The legal toleration of abortion or of euthanasia can in no way claim to be based on respect for the conscience of others, precisely because society has the right and the duty to protect itself against the abuses which can occur in the name of conscience and under the pretext of freedom.

Pope John Paul II

Change background

T
T
T

Change font

TAGS & TOPICS

Pope John Paul II
Age: 84 †
Born: 1920
Born: May 18
Died: 2005
Died: April 2
Esperantist
Human Rights Activist
Philosopher
Poet
Politician
Priest
Professor
Roman Catholic Priest
Transitional Deacon
Writer
Karol Józef Wojtyła
Karol Wojtyła
Karol Wojtyla
Johannes Paul II. Papst
Pope John Paul II
Saint John Paul
santo Iohannes Paulus PP. II
Saint John Paul II
‏ papa Giovanni Paolo‏ II
pape Jean-Paul II
papież Jan Paweł II
Pope Saint John Paul II the Great
Respect
Abortion
Name
Claim
Euthanasia
Names
Abuse
Abuses
Society
Claims
Toleration
Freedom
Conscience
Pretext
Others
Based
Occur
Right
Protect
Precisely
Way
Duty
Legal

More quotes by Pope John Paul II

Image
A just wage for the worker is the ultimate test of whether any economic system is functioning justly.
Pope John Paul II
Image
Do not be afraid to be the saints of the new mellineum!
Pope John Paul II
Image
Truth can never be confined to time and culture in history it is known, but it also reaches beyond history.
Pope John Paul II
Image
Each individual in fact has moral responsibility for the acts which he personally performs no one can be exempted from this responsibility, and on the basis of it everyone will be judged by God himself.
Pope John Paul II
Image
Motherhood implies from the beginning a special openness to the new person: and this is precisely the woman's 'part'. In this openness, in conceiving and giving birth to a child, the woman 'discovers herself through a sincere gift of self'.
Pope John Paul II
Image
The seriousness of ecological degradation lays bare the depth of man's moral crisis... Simplicity, moderation, and discipline as well as the spirit of sacrifice must become a part of everyday life.
Pope John Paul II
Image
Even if the forces of darkness appear to prevail, those who believe in God know that evil and death do not have the final say.
Pope John Paul II
Image
A process of genocide is being carried out before the eyes of the world.
Pope John Paul II
Image
The human person is a unique composite - a unity of spirit and matter, soul and body, fashioned in the image of God and destined to live forever. Every human life is sacred, because every human person is sacred.
Pope John Paul II
Image
The great danger for family life, in the midst of any society whose idols are pleasure, comfort and independence, lies in the fact that people close their hearts and become selfish.
Pope John Paul II
Image
The distinctive mark of the Christian, today more than ever, must be love for the poor, the weak, the suffering.
Pope John Paul II
Image
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 is no cross to bear that Christ has not already borne for us, and does not now bear with us.
Pope John Paul II
Image
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 and love of life, with respect for everyone. Become craftsmen of a new humanity, where brothers and sisters - members all of the same family - are able at last to live in peace.
Pope John Paul II
Image
To recite the Rosary is nothing other than to contemplate the face of Christ with Mary.
Pope John Paul II
Image
In the sacrifice which Jesus Christ makes of Himself on the Cross for His bride, the Church... there is entirely revealed that plan which God has imprinted on the humanity of man and woman since their creation.
Pope John Paul II
Image
Work bears a particular mark of man and of humanity, the mark of a person operating within a community of persons
Pope John Paul II
Image
Open your minds and hearts to the beauty of all that God has made and to His special, personal love for each one of you.
Pope John Paul II
Image
Do not be afraid to take a chance on peace, to teach peace, to live peace...Peace will be the last word of history.
Pope John Paul II
Image
The body in its masculinity and femininity has been called from the beginning to become the manifestation of the spirit. The body, in fact, and only the body, is capable of making visible what is invisible: the spiritual and the divine.
Pope John Paul II
Image
Be demanding of the world around you be demanding first of all with yourselves. Be children of God take pride in it!
Pope John Paul II