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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. ↗

— Pope John Paul II

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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. ↗

— Pope John Paul II

#aggressiveness #already #challenge #different #dominion

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. ↗

— Pope John Paul II

#america #changes #democratic #example #free

The cemetery of the victims of human cruelty in our century is extended to include yet another vast cemetery, that of the unborn. ↗

— Pope John Paul II

#cemetery #century #cruelty #extended #human

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. ↗

— Pope John Paul II

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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. ↗

— Pope John Paul II

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From now on it is only through a conscious choice and through a deliberate policy that humanity can survive. ↗

— Pope John Paul II

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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. ↗

— Pope John Paul II

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We consider Christmas as the encounter, the great encounter, the historical encounter, the decisive encounter, between God and mankind. He who has faith knows this truly; let him rejoice. ↗

— Pope Paul VI

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Of all human activities, man's listening to God is the supreme act of his reasoning and will. ↗

— Pope Paul VI

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