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Did he say, "Dude, I got a
Dell!?"
Since the death of our beloved
Holy Father, John Paul II, we collected a handful of memorable sayings
of his.
Pope John Paul II
"The truth is not always the same as
the majority decision."
An excuse is
worse and more terrible than a lie, for an excuse is a lie guarded.
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As the family goes, so goes the
nation and so goes the whole world in which we live.
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Do not abandon yourselves to
despair. We are the Easter people and Alleluia is our song.
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From now on it is only through a
conscious choice and through a deliberate policy that humanity can
survive.
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Have no fear of moving into
the unknown. Simply step out fearlessly knowing that I am with you,
therefore no harm can befall you; all is very, very well. Do this in
complete faith and confidence.
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Humanity should question itself,
once more, about the absurd and always unfair phenomenon of war, on
whose stage of death and pain only remain standing the negotiating table
that could and should have prevented it.
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I have a sweet tooth for song
and music. This is my Polish sin.
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I hope to have communion with the
people, that is the most important thing.
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Marriage is an act of will that
signifies and involves a mutual gift, which unites the spouses and binds
them to their eventual souls, with whom they make up a sole family - a
domestic church.
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Modern Society will find no
solution to the ecological problem unless it takes a serious look at its
lifestyles.
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Once again, through myself, the
Church, in the words of the well-known declaration Nostra Aetate,
"deplores the hatred, persecutions and displays of anti-Semitism
directed against the Jews at any time and by anyone." I repeat, "By
anyone."
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Pervading nationalism imposes
its dominion on man today in many different forms and with an
aggressiveness that spares no one. The challenge that is already with us
is the temptation to accept as true freedom what in reality is only a
new form of slavery.
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Radical changes in world politics
leave America with a heightened responsibility to be, for the world, an
example of a genuinely free, democratic, just and humane society.
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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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Social justice cannot be attained
by violence. Violence kills what it intends to create.
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The cemetery of the victims of
human cruelty in our century is extended to include yet another vast
cemetery, that of the unborn.
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The fear of making permanent
commitments can change the mutual love of husband and wife into two
loves of self-two loves existing side by side, until they end in
separation.
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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.
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The historical experience of
socialist countries has sadly demonstrated that collectivism does not do
away with alienation but rather increases it, adding to it a lack of
basic necessities and economic inefficiency.
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The question confronting the
Church today is not any longer whether the man in the street can grasp a
religious message, but how to employ the communications media so as to
let him have the full impact of the Gospel message.
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The vow of celibacy is a
matter of keeping one's word to Christ and the Church. a duty and a
proof of the priest's inner maturity; it is the expression of his
personal dignity.
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This people draws its origin
from Abraham, our father in faith The very people that received from God
the commandment "Thou shalt not kill" itself experienced in a special
measure what is meant by killing. It is not permissible for anyone to
pass by this inscription with indifference.
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To maintain a joyful family
requires much from both the parents and the children. Each member of the
family has to become, in a special way, the servant of the others.
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Today, for the first time in
history, a Bishop of Rome sets foot on English soil. This fair land,
once a distant outpost of the pagan world, has become, through the
preaching of the Gospel, a beloved and gifted portion of Christ's
vineyard.
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What we talked about will have to
remain a secret between him and me. I spoke to him as a brother whom I
have pardoned and who has my complete trust.
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When freedom does not have a
purpose, when it does not wish to know anything about the rule of law
engraved in the hearts of men and women, when it does not listen to the
voice of conscience, it turns against humanity and society.
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When you wonder about the mystery
of yourself, look to Christ, who gives you the meaning of life. When you
wonder what it means to be a mature person, look to Christ, who is the
fulness of humanity. And when you wonder about your role in the future
of the world look to Christ.
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Work bears a particular mark
of man and of humanity, the mark of a person operating within a
community of persons.
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You are priests, not social or
political leaders. Let us not be under the illusion that we are serving
the Gospel through an exaggerated interest in the wide field of temporal
problems.
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You will reciprocally promise
love, loyalty and matrimonial honesty. We only want for you this day
that these words constitute the principle of your entire life and that
with the help of divine grace you will observe these solemn vows that
today, before God, you formulate.
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Young people are threatened... by the evil use of
advertising techniques that stimulate the natural inclination to avoid
hard work by promising the immediate satisfaction of every desire.
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