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Faith leads us beyond ourselves. It leads us directly to God.

Pope John Paul II

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Pope John Paul II
Age: 84 †
Born: 1920
Born: May 18
Died: 2005
Died: April 2
Esperantist
Human Rights Activist
Philosopher
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Politician
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Professor
Roman Catholic Priest
Transitional Deacon
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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
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Rediscover the Rosary in the light of scripture, in harmony with the Liturgy, and in the context of your daily lives.
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We must reflect the light of Christ through lives of prayer and joyful service to others.
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In the depths of the human soul... the desire to give meaning to one's own life is joined by the fleeting vision of beauty and of the mysterious unity of things.
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Abortion, euthanasia, human cloning, for example, risk reducing the human person to a mere object: life and death to order, as it were!
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A process of genocide is being carried out before the eyes of the world.
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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 God and the salvation of souls.
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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 to life is being denied or trampled upon, especially at the more significant moments of existence: the moment of birth and the moment of death.
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Science can purify religion from error and superstition. Religion can purify science from idolatry and false absolutes.
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I plead with you--never, ever give up on hope, never doubt, never tire, and never become discouraged. Be not afraid.
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Forgiveness is above all a personal choice, a decision of the heart to go against the natural instinct to pay back evil with evil.
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There is no true peace without fairness, truth, justice and solidarity.
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Love of Christ does not distract us from interest in others, but rather invites us to responsibility for them, to the exclusion of no one….
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It would appear that, on the level of individual nations and of international relations, the free market is the most efficient instrument for utilizing resources and effectively responding to needs.
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A just wage for the worker is the ultimate test of whether any economic system is functioning justly.
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Do not drink coffee in early A.M. It will keep you awake until noon. Do not go from the slavery of the Communist regime to the slavery of consumerism.
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...Be holy men and women! Do not forget that the fruits of the apostolate depend on the depth of the spiritual life, on the intensity of prayer, of continual formation and sincere adhesion to the directives of the Church.
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The world [is] tired of ideology [and] is opening itself to the truth. The time has come when the splendor of this truth has begun anew to illuminate the darkness of human existence.
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The international community should support a system of laws to regularize international relations and maintain the peace in the same manner that law governs national order.
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Contraception contradicts the full truth of the sexual act as the proper expression of conjugal love.
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The Rosary is my favorite prayer. A prayer so simple and so rich from deepest heart, I exhort all to recite it.
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