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The Gradual Depletion Of The Ozone Layer And The Related "greenhouse Effect" Has Now Reached Crisis Proportions As A Consequence Of Industrial Growth, Massive Urban Concentrations And Vastly Increased Energy Needs. Industrial Waste, The Burning Of Fossil Fuels, Unrestricted Deforestation, The Use Of Certain Types Of Herbicides, Coolants And Propellants: All Of These Are Known To Harm The Atmosphere And Environment.

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The Gradual Depletion Of The Ozone Layer And The Related "greenhouse Effect" Has Now Reached Crisis Proportions As A Consequence Of Industrial Growth, Massive Urban Concentrations And Vastly Increased Energy Needs. Industrial Waste, The Burning Of Fossil Fuels, Unrestricted Deforestation, The Use Of Certain Types Of Herbicides, Coolants And Propellants: All Of These Are Known To Harm The Atmosphere And Environment.

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The Choice Of Euthanasia Becomes More Serious When It Takes The Form Of A Murder Committed By Others On A Person Who Has In No Way Requested It And Who Has Never Consented To It. The Height Of Arbitrariness And Injustice Is Reached When Certain People, Such As Physicians Or Legislators, Arrogate To Themselves The Power To Decide Who Ought To Live And Who Ought To Die.

The Sacraments Infuse Holiness Into The Terrain Of Man's Humanity: They Penetrate The Soul And Body, The Femininity And Masculinity Of The Personal Subject, With The Power Of Holiness.

Humankind, Which Discovers Its Capacity To Transform And In A Certain Sense Create The World Through Its Own Work, Forgets That This Is Always Based On God's Prior And Original Gift Of Things That Are. People Think That They Can Make Arbitrary Use Of The Earth, Subjecting It Without Restraint To Their Wills, As Though The Earth Did Not Have Its Own Requisites And A Prior God-given Purpose, Which Human Beings Can Indeed Develop But Must Not Betray.

Social Justice Cannot Be Attained By Violence. Violence Kills What It Intends To Create.

Nobody Is So Poor He Has Nothing To Give, And Nobody Is So Rich He Has Nothing To Receive.

Know What You Are Talking About.

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

From This Moment On, Live The Eucharist Fully; Be Persons For Whom The Holy Mass, Communion, And Eucharistic Adoration Are The Center And Summit Of Their Whole Life.

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.

In Christ And Through Christ Man Has Acquired Full Awareness Of His Dignity, Of The Heights To Which He Is Raised, Of The Surpassing Worth Of His Own Humanity, And Of The Meaning Of His Existence.

The Conviction Which We Must Share And Spread Is That The Call To Holiness Is Directed To All Christians. This Is Not A Question Of Privilege Or Of Spiritual Elitism. It Is A Question Of A Grace Offered To All The Baptized.

The Internet Causes Billions Of Images To Appear On Millions Of Computer Monitors Around The Planet. From This Galaxy Of Sight And Sound Will The Face Of Christ Emerge And The Voice Of Christ Be Heard? For It Is Only When His Face Is Seen And His Voice Heard That The World Will Know The Glad Tidings Of Our Redemption. This Is The Purpose Of Evangelization. And This Is What Will Make The Internet A Genuinely Human Space, For If There Is No Room For Christ, There Is No Room For Man.

[speaking Of Marriage And Family] In This Entire World There Is Not A More Perfect, More Complete Image Of God, Unity And Community. There Is No Other Human Reality Which Corresponds More, Humanly Speaking, To That Divine Mystery.

The Challenge Is To Make The Church's Yes To Life Concrete And Effective. The Struggle Will Be Long, And It Needs Each One Of You. Place Your Intelligence, Your Talents, Your Enthusiasm, Your Compassion And Your Fortitude At The Service Of Life!

The Family That Prays Together, Stays Together.

The Aesthetic Value Of Creation Cannot Be Overlooked. Our Very Contact With Nature Has A Deep Restorative Power; Contemplation Of Its Magnificence Imparts Peace And Serenity. The Bible Speaks Again And Again Of The Goodness And Beauty Of Creation, Which Is Called To Glorify God.

The Ecological Crisis Is A Moral Issue.

If Development Is The New Name For Peace, War And Preparations For War Are The Major Enemy Of The Healthy Development Of Peoples. If We Take The Common Good Of All Humanity As Our Norm, Instead Of Individual Greed, Peace Would Be Possible.

There Is No Place For Selfishness-and No Place For Fear! Do Not Be Afraid, Then, When Love Makes Demands. Do Not Be Afraid When Love Requires Sacrifice

...be Holy Men And Women! Do Not Forget That The Fruits Of The Apostolate Depend On The Depth Of The Spiritual Life, On The Intensity Of Prayer, Of Continual Formation And Sincere Adhesion To The Directives Of The Church.

The New York Marathon: A Fantastic Event.

'lord You Know That I Love You...lord, You Know That I Love You' (jn 21:15-17). The Eucharist Is, In A Certain Way, The Culminating Point Of This Answer. I Wish To Repeat It Together With The Whole Church To Him, Who Manifested His Love By Means Of The Sacrament Of His Body And Blood, Remaining With Us 'to The Close Of The Age'

Give Us The Grace - When The Sacredness Of Life Before Birth Is Attacked, To Stand Up And Proclaim That No One Ever Has The Authority To Destroy Unborn Life.

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

Reason And Faith Cannot Be Separated Without Diminishing The Capacity Of Men And Women To Know Themselves, The World And God In An Appropriate Way.

Not All Are Called To Be Artists In The Specific Sense Of The Term. Yet, As Genesis Has It, All Men And Women Are Entrusted With The Task Of Crafting Their Own Life: In A Certain Sense, They Are To Make Of It A Work Of Art, A Masterpiece.

Much Of The Violence That Humanity Suffers In Our Times Is Rooted Inmisunderstanding As Well As In The Rejection Of The Values And Identityof Foreign Cultures. Tourism Improves Relationships Between Individualsand Peoples; When They Are Cordial, Respectful, And Based On Solidarity Theyconstitute, As It Were, An Open Door To Peace And Harmonious Coexistence

The Seriousness Of Ecological Degradation Lays Bare The Depth Of Man's Moral Crisis... Simplicity, Moderation, And Discipline As Well As The Spirit Of Sacrifice Must Become A Part Of Everyday Life.

Friendship, As Has Been Said, Consists In A Full Commitment Of The Will To Another Person With A View To That Person's Good.

If You Really Wish To Follow Christ, If You Want Your Love For Him To Grow And Last, Then You Must Be Faithful To Prayer. It Is The Key To The Vitality Of Your Life In Christ. Without Prayer, Your Faith And Love Will Die. If You Are Constant In Daily Prayer And In The Sunday Celebration Of Mass, Your Love For Jesus Will Increase. And Your Heart Will Know Deep Joy And Peace, Such As The World Could Never Give.

Man Always Travels Along Precipices... His Truest Obligation Is To Keep His Balance.

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