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Vote: | An excuse is worse and more terrible than a lie, for an excuse is a lie guarded. |
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Vote: | As the family goes, so goes the nation and so goes the whole world in which we live. |
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Vote: | Do not abandon yourselves to despair. We are the Easter people and hallelujah is our song. |
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Vote: | Freedom consists not in doing what we like, but in having the right to do what we ought. |
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Vote: | From now on it is only through a conscious choice and through a deliberate policy that humanity can survive. |
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Vote: | 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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Vote: | 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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Vote: | I have a sweet tooth for song and music. This is my Polish sin. |
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Vote: | I hope to have communion with the people, that is the most important thing. |
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Vote: | I kiss the soil as if I placed a kiss on the hands of a mother, for the homeland is our earthly mother. I consider it my duty to be with my compatriots in this sublime and difficult moment. |
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Vote: | Love is never defeated, and I could add, the history of Ireland proves it. |
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Vote: | 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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Vote: | Modern Society will find no solution to the ecological problem unless it takes a serious look at its lifestyles. |
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Vote: | 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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Vote: | 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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Vote: | 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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Vote: | Science can purify religion from error and superstition. Religion can purify science from idolatry and false absolutes. |
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Vote: | Social justice cannot be attained by violence. Violence kills what it intends to create. |
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Vote: | Stupidity is also a gift of God, but one mustn't misuse it. |
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Vote: | 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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Vote: | 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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Vote: | The future starts today, not tomorrow. |
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Vote: | 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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Vote: | 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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Vote: | 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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Vote: | The United Nations organization has proclaimed 1979 as the Year of the Child. Are the children to receive the arms race from us as a necessary inheritance? |
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Vote: | The unworthy successor of Peter who desires to benefit from the immeasurable wealth of Christ feels the great need of your assistance, your prayers, your sacrifice, and he most humbly asks this of you. |
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Vote: | 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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Vote: | There are people and nations, Mother, that I would like to say to you by name. I entrust them to you in silence, I entrust them to you in the way that you know best. |
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Vote: | 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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Vote: | 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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Vote: | 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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Vote: | Violence and arms can never resolve the problems of men. |
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Vote: | War is a defeat for humanity. |
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Vote: | Wars generally do not resolve the problems for which they are fought and therefore... prove ultimately futile. |
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Vote: | 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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Vote: | 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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Vote: | 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 fulfillness of humanity. And when you wonder about your role in the future of the world look to Christ. |
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Vote: | 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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Vote: | You are our dearly beloved brothers, and in a certain way, it could be said that you are our elder brothers. |
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Vote: | 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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Vote: | 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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Vote: | 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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The Servant of God Pope John Paul II (Latin: Ioannes Paulus P.P. II), born Karol Józef Wojtyła (May 18, 1920–April 2, 2005), reigned as pope of the Roman Catholic Church and sovereign of Vatican City for almost 27 years, from 16 October 1978 until his death in 2005. On 13 May 2005 Pope Benedict XVI, John Paul II's successor, waived the five year waiting period for a cause for beatification to be opened. The official process for beatification will begin on June 28, 2005. (http://opportunities.typepad.com/news/2005/06/pope_john_paul_.html)
The first non-Italian to serve in office since the Dutch-German Pope Adrian VI died in 1523, John Paul II's reign was the third-longest in the history of the Papacy, after those of Saint Peter (approximately 35 years) and Blessed Pius IX (31 years). This is in a distinctive contrast with that of his predecessor Pope John Paul I, who died suddenly after only 33 days in office, and in whose memory John Paul II named himself.
Pope John Paul II's reign was marked by a continuing decline of Catholicism in developed countries but expansion in the Third World. In addition, John Paul II advocated conservative values in the Roman Catholic Church, opposing gay marriage and abortion, among a host of other issues; however, the Pontiff voiced support for the theory of evolution. During his reign, the pope travelled extensively, visiting over 100 countries and all continents. His health deteriorated in the late 1990s, as he was diagnosed with Parkinson's Disease. On 2 April 2005, two months after receiving a tracheotomy, Pope John Paul II passed away.
Overview The man from Poland will be remembered as the "people's Pope." He is respected around the world by both Christians and non-Christians. There is a John Paul II Foundation which has many offices around the world. The headquarters is located in Rome in the Polish House.
His papacy is remembered by his tireless ecumenical approach to accommodate other Chritian sects as well as to forge a better understanding with the Islamic world. At his funeral, many non-Chritian faiths were represented including representatives from Isalm and Bhuddism.
John Paul II emphasized what he called the "universal call to holiness" and attempted to define the Catholic Church's role in the modern world. He spoke out against ideologies and politics of communism, feminism, imperialism, relativism, materialism, fascism (including nazism), racism and unrestrained capitalism. In many ways, he fought against oppression, secularism and poverty. Although he was on friendly terms with many Western heads of state and leading citizens, he reserved a special opprobrium for what he believed to be the corrosive spiritual effects of modern Western consumerism and the concomitant widespread secular and hedonistic orientation of Western populations.
John Paul II affirmed traditional Catholic teachings by opposing abortion, contraception, capital punishment, embryonic stem cell research, human cloning, euthanasia, war, but accepting evolution. He also defended traditional teachings on marriage and gender roles by opposing divorce, same-sex marriage and the ordination of women. His conservative views were sometimes criticized as regressive. John Paul II called upon Catholics to vote according to their beliefs, even if they were based on their religion, and suggested that politicians who strayed be denied the Eucharist.
John Paul II became known as the "Pilgrim Pope" for traveling greater distances than had all his predecessors combined. According to John Paul II, the trips symbolized bridge-building efforts (in keeping with his title as Pontifex Maximus, literally Master Bridge-Builder) between nations and religions, attempting to remove divisions created through history.
He beatified 1,340 people, more people than any previous pope. The Vatican asserts he canonized more people than the combined tally of his predecessors during the last five centuries, and from a far greater variety of cultures. Whether he had canonized more saints than all previous popes put together, as is sometimes also claimed, is difficult to prove, as the records of many early canonizations are incomplete, missing, or inaccurate. However, it is known that his abolition of the office of Promotor Fidei ("Promoter of the Faith" and the origin of the term Devil's Advocate) streamlined the process.
Pope John Paul II died on 2 April 2005 after a long fight against Parkinson's disease and other illnesses. Immediately after his death, many of his followers demanded that he be elevated to sainthood as soon as possible, shouting "Santo Subito". Both L'Osservatore Romano and Pope Benedict XVI, Pope John Paul II's successor, referred to John Paul II as "Great".
John Paul II was succeeded by the Dean of the College of Cardinals, Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger of Germany, the former head of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith who had led the funeral mass for John Paul II.
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