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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.

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How Can Such Episodes

Pope John Paul II

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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.

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Catholic Education Aims Not Only To Communicate Facts But Also To Transmit A Coherent, Comprehensive Vision Of Life, In The Conviction That The Truths Contained In That Vision Liberate Students In The Most Profound Meaning Of Human Freedom.

Condemning Class Struggle Does Not Mean Condemning Every Possible Form Of Social Conflict. Such Conflicts Inevitably Arise And Christians Must Often Take A Position In The "struggle For Social Justice." What Is Condemned Is "total War," Which Has No Respect For The Dignity Of Others (and Consequently Of Oneself). It Excludes Reasonable Compromise, Does Not Pursue The Common Good But The Good Of A Group, And Sets Out To Destroy Whatever Stands In Its Way.

Creating The Human Race In His Own Image And Continually Keeping It In Being, God Inscribed In The Humanity Of Man And Woman The Vocation... Of Love And Communion. Love Is Therefore The Fundamental And Innate Vocation Of Every Human Being.

Taking Into Account These Distinctions, In Harmony With The Magisterium Of My Predecessors[81] And In Communion With The Bishops Of The Catholic Church, I Confirm That Euthanasia Is A Grave Violation Of The Law Of God, Since It Is The Deliberate And Morally Unacceptable Killing Of A Human Person.

Do Not Forget That True Love Sets No Conditions; It Does Not Calculate Or Complain, But Simply Loves.

We Must Reflect The Light Of Christ Through Lives Of Prayer And Joyful Service To Others.

Believers Do Not Surrender. They Can Continue On Their Way To The Truth Because They Are Certain That God Has Created Them "explorers", Whose Mission Is To Leave No Stone Unturned, Though The Temptation To Doubt Is Always There. Leaning On God, They Continue To Reach Out, Always And Everywhere, For All That Is Beautiful, Good, And True.

Love Is A Constant Challenge, Thrown To Us By God.

Never Tire Of Firmly Speaking Out In Defense Of Life From Its Conception And Do Not Be Deterred From The Commitment To Defend The Dignity Of Every Human Person With Courageous Determination. Christ Is With You: Be Not Afraid!

The Eucharist Is The Heart Of The Church. Where Eucharistic Life Flourishes, There The Life Of The Church Will Blossom.

What Have I Done With My Baptism And Confirmation? Is Christ Really At The Center Of My Life? Do I Have Time For Prayer In My Life? Do I Live My Life As A Vocation And Mission?

Precisely In An Age When The Inviolable Rights Of The Person Are Solemnly Proclaimed And The Value Of Life Is Publicly Affirmed, The Very Right To Life Is Being Denied Or Trampled Upon, Especially At The More Significant Moments Of Existence: The Moment Of Birth And The Moment Of Death.

The Vocation And Mission Of The Faithful Can Only Be Understood In Light Of A Renewed Awareness Of The Church As Sacrament Or Sign And Instrument Of Intimate Union With God, Of The Unity Of The Whole Of Mankind, And Of The Personal Duty To Adhere More Closely To Her.

The Rosary Is My Favorite Prayer. A Prayer So Simple And So Rich; From Deepest Heart, I Exhort All To Recite It.

I Have A Sweet Tooth For Song And Music. This Is My Polish Sin.

Dear Young People Of Every Language And Culture, A High And Exhilarating Task Awaits You: That Of Becoming Men And Women Capable Of Solidarity, Peace And Love Of Life, With Respect For Everyone. Become Craftsmen Of A New Humanity, Where Brothers And Sisters - Members All Of The Same Family - Are Able At Last To Live In Peace.

The Only Way To Peace Is Forgiveness.

The Gospel Of Life Is Not For Believers Alone: It Is For Everyone. The Issue Of Life And Its Defense And Promotion Is Not A Concern Of The Christian Alone. Although Faith Provides Special Light And Strength, This Question Arises In Every Human Conscience Which Seeks The Truth And Which Cares About The Future Of Humanity. Life Certainly Has A Sacred And Religious Value, But In No Way Is That Value A Concern Only Of Believers. The Value At Stake Is One Which Every Human Being Can Grasp By The Light Of Reason; Thus It Necessarily Concerns Everyone.

The Church And The World Have A Great Need Of Eucharistic Worship. Jesus Waits For Us In This Sacrament Of Love. Let Us Be Generous With Our Time In Going To Meet Him In Adoration And In Contemplation That Is Full Of Faith And Ready To Make Reparation For The Great Faults And Crimes Of The World. May Our Adoration Never Cease

The Sickness Of A Family Member, Friend Or Neighbor Is A Call To Christians To Demonstrate True Compassion, That Gentle And Persevering Sharing In Another's Pain.

In The Life Of Husband And Wife Together, Fatherhood And Motherhood Represent Such A Sublime "novelty" And Richness As Can Only Be Approached "on One's Knees".

To Believe In Jesus Is To Accept What He Says, Even When It Runs Contrary To What Others Are Saying. It Means Rejecting The Lure Of Sin, However Attractive It May Be, In Order To Set Out On The Difficult Path Of The Gospel Virtues.

A Nation That Kills Its Own Children Has No Future.

On The Basis Of His Work Each Person Is Fully Entitled To Consider Himself A Part Owner Of The Great Workbench At Which He Is Working With Everyone Else. A Way Toward That Goal Could Be Found By Associating Labor With The Ownership Of Capital Joint Ownership Of The Means Of Work, Sharing By The Workers In The Management And/or Profits Of Businesses, So-called Shareholding By Labor, Etc.

In The Past, It Was Possible To Destroy A Village, A Town, A Region, Even A Country. Now It Is The Whole Planet That Has Come Under Threat. This Fact Should Compel Everyone To Face A Basic Moral Consideration; From Now On, It Is Only Through A Conscious Choice And Then Deliberate Policy That Humanity Will Survive.

A Man Shows Himself A True Disciple Of Christ By Carrying The Cross In His Turn Every Day In The Activity That He Is Called To Perform.

I Sense That The Moment Has Come To Commit All Of The Church's Energies To A New Evangelization... No Believer In Christ, No Institution Of The Church Can Avoid This Supreme Duty: To Proclaim Christ To All Peoples.

Jesus Christ Has Taken The Lead On The Way Of The Cross. He Has Suffered First. He Does Not Drive Us Toward Suffering But Shares It With Us, Wanting Us To Have Life And To Have It In Abundance.

The Church Must Breathe With Her Two Lungs!

Let Us Remember The Past With Gratitude, Live The Present With Enthusiasm, And Look Forward To The Future With Confidence.

Chess Holds Deep Wisdoms Of The People. It Is Truly An Image Of Life, The Reflection Of Human Fate That Has Shown Us The Earthly Way Of Suffering In Darkness And Permanent Shortage Of Time. Like In Chess, We Encounter All Kinds Of Traps, Mistakes, Settlements, Sacrifices, Kings, And Queens, Doubled Pawns, And Extraordinary Moves While We Are On The Board Ourselves.

Those In Society Who Are In Charge Of Schools Must Never Forget That The Parents Have Been Appointed By God Himself As The First And Principal Educators Of Their Children And That Their Right Is Completely Inalienable.

The Greatest Gift You Can Give Your Child Is Another Sibling.

It Can Therefore Be Said That, From The Viewpoint Of The Doctrine Of The Faith, There Are No Difficulties In Explaining The Origin Of Man In Regard To The Body, By Means Of The Theory Of Evolution.

Theory Of Evolution

There Cannot Be Forgotten The Great Possibilities Of Mass Media In Promoting Dialogue, Becoming Vehicles For Reciprocal Knowledge, Of Solidarity And Of Peace. They Become A Powerful Resource For Good If Used To Foster Understanding Between Peoples, A Destructive 'weapon' If Used To Foster Injustice And Conflicts.

From The Eucharist Comes Strength To Live The Christian Life And Zeal To Share That Life With Others

Have No Fear Of Moving Into The Unknown.

Fear Of The Unknown

Consequently, Theories Of Evolution Which, In Accordance With The Philosophies Inspiring Them, Consider The Mind As Emerging From The Forces Of Living Matter, Or As A Mere Epiphenomenon Of This Matter, Are Incompatible With The Truth About Man. Nor Are They Able To Ground The Dignity Of The Person.

Theory Of Evolution

Freedom Is Not The Ability To Do Anything We Want, Whenever We Want. Rather, Freedom Is The Ability To Live Responsibly The Truth Of Our Relationship With God And With One Another.

Our Relationship

Relationship With God

The Path Of Goodness Had A Name It Is Called Love In It We Find The Key To Every Hope And Has It's Root In God Himself

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