Tag: Pope John Paul II
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Science can purify religion from error and superstition. Religion can purify science from idolatry and false absolutes.
Pope John Paul II
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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.
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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As the family goes, so goes the nation and so goes the whole world in which we live.
Pope John Paul II
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Love is never defeated, and I could add, the history of Ireland proves it.
Pope John Paul II
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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.
Pope John Paul II
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I have a sweet tooth for song and music. This is my Polish sin.
Pope John Paul II
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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.
Pope John Paul II
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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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War is a defeat for humanity.
Pope John Paul II