Pope John Paul II (Karol Józef Wojtyla), 1920 - 2005
Born: 18 May 1920, Wadowice, Republic of Poland
Died: 2 April 2005, Apostolic Palace, Vatican City
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- All human activity takes place within a culture and interacts with culture. For an adequate formation of a culture, the involvement of the whole man is required, whereby he exercises his creativity, intelligence, and knowledge of the world and of people. Furthermore, he displays his capacity for self-control, personal sacrifice, solidarity and readiness to promote the common good. permalink
Pope John Paul II - Centesimus Annus (1 May 1991) - An excuse is worse and more terrible than a lie, for an excuse is a lie guarded. permalink
Pope John Paul II - As the family goes, so goes the nation and so goes the whole world in which we live. permalink
Pope John Paul II - Christians and Muslims, we have many things in common, as believers and as human beings. We live in the same world, marked by many signs of hope, but also by multiple signs of anguish. For us, Abraham is a very model of faith in God, of submission to his will and of confidence in his goodness. We believe in the same God, the one God, the living God, the God who created the world and brings his creatures to their perfection. permalink
Pope John Paul II - to young Muslims at Casablanca (19 August 1985) - Darkness can only be scattered by light, hatred can only be conquered by love. permalink
Pope John Paul II - Do not abandon yourselves to despair. We are the Easter people and hallelujah is our song. permalink
Pope John Paul II - Do not forget that true love sets no conditions; it does not calculate or complain, but simply loves. permalink
Pope John Paul II - Faced with problems and disappointments, many people will try to escape from their responsibility: escape in selfishness, escape in sexual pleasure, escape in drugs, escape in violence, escape in indifference and cynical attitudes. But today, I propose to you the option of love, which is the opposite of escape. permalink
Pope John Paul II - homily at Boston (1 October 1979) - Forgiveness is above all a personal choice, a decision of the heart to go against the natural instinct to pay back evil with evil. permalink
Pope John Paul II - Freedom consists not in doing what we like, but in having the right to do what we ought. permalink
Pope John Paul II - From now on it is only through a conscious choice and through a deliberate policy that humanity can survive. permalink
Pope John Paul II - God assigns as a duty to every man the dignity of every woman. permalink
Pope John Paul II - general audience (24 November) - 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. permalink
Pope John Paul II - How can such episodes of such savage cruelty happen? The heart of man is an abyss out of which sometimes emerge plots of unspeakable ferocity capable of overturning in an instant the tranquil and productive life of a people. permalink
Pope John Paul II - 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. permalink
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