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With The Persistence Of Tensions And Conflicts In Various Parts Of The World, The International Community Must Never Forget What Happened At Hiroshima And Nagasaki, As A Warning And In Incentive To Develop Truly Effective And Peaceful Means Of Settling Tensions And Disputes. Fifty Years After The Second World War, The Leaders Of Nations Cannot Become Complacent But Rather Should Renew Their Commitment To Disarmament And To The Banishment Of All Nuclear Weapons.

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With The Persistence Of Tensions And Conflicts In Various Parts Of The World, The International Community Must Never Forget What Happened At Hiroshima And Nagasaki, As A Warning And In Incentive To Develop Truly Effective And Peaceful Means Of Settling Tensions And Disputes. Fifty Years After The Second World War, The Leaders Of Nations Cannot Become Complacent But Rather Should Renew Their Commitment To Disarmament And To The Banishment Of All Nuclear Weapons.

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Limitation Of One's Freedom Might Seem To Be Something Negative And Unpleasant, But Love Makes It A Positive, Joyful And Creative Thing. Freedom Exists For The Sake Of Love.

The Obligation To Earn One's Bread Presumes The Right To Do So. A Society That Denies This Right Cannot Be Justified, Nor Can It Attain Social Peace.

The Dignity Of The Human Person Is A Transcendent Value, Always Recognized As Such By Those Who Sincerely Search For The Truth. Indeed, The Whole Of Human History Should Be Interpreted In The Light Of This Certainty. Every Person, Created In The Image And Likeness Of God (cf. Gn 1:26 28), Is Therefore Radically Oriented Towards The Creator, And Is Constantly In Relationship With Those Possessed Of The Same Dignity. To Promote The Good Of The Individual Is Thus To Serve The Common Good, Which Is That Point Where Rights And Duties Converge And Reinforce One Another.

By Dialogue, We Let God Be Present In Our Midst, For As We Open Ourselves To One Another, We Open Ourselves To God.

True Freedom Is Not Advanced In The Permissive Society, Which Confuses Freedom With License To Do Anything Whatever And Which In The Name Of Freedom Proclaims A Kind Of General Amorality. It Is A Caricature Of Freedom To Claim That People Are Free To Organize Their Lives With No Reference To Moral Values, And To Say That Society Does Not Have To Ensure The Protection And Advancement Of Ethical Values. Such An Attitude Is Destructive Of Freedom And Peace.

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.

To Be Actively Pro-life Is To Contribute To The Renewal Of Society Through The Promotion Of The Common Good. It Is Impossible To Further The Common Good Without Acknowledging And Defending The Right To Life, Upon Which All The Other Inalienable Rights Of Individuals Are Founded And From Which They Develop.

The Lord Has Given You A Heart Open To Great Horizons; Do Not Be Afraid To Commit Your Life Completely To The Service Of Christ And His Gospel! Listen To Him As He Says Again Today: 'the Harvest Is Abundant, But The Laborers Are Few.

There Is Nothing More Man Needs Than Divine Mercy - That Love Which Is Benevolent, Which Is Compassionate, Which Raises Man Above His Weakness To The Infinite Heights To The Holiness Of God.

In The Depths Of The Human Soul... The Desire To Give Meaning To One's Own Life Is Joined By The Fleeting Vision Of Beauty And Of The Mysterious Unity Of Things.

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

We Began By Imagining That We Are Giving To The; We End By Realizing That They Have Enriched Us.

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.

Life With Christ Is A Wonderful Adventure.

There Is No Need To Be Dismayed If Love Sometimes Follows Torturous Ways. Grace Has The Power To Make Straight The Paths Of Human Love.

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.

Yes, The Civilization Of Love Is Possible; It Is Not A Utopia. But It Is Only Possible By A Constant And Ready Reference To The "father From Whom All Fatherhood And Motherhood On Earth Is Named," From Whom Every Human Family Comes.

Deep Within Yourself, Listen To Your Conscience Which Calls You To Be Pure...a Home Is Not Warmed By The Fire Of Pleasure Which Burns Quickly Like A Pile Of Withered Grass. Passing Encounters Are Only A Caricature Of Love; They Injure Hearts And Mock God's Plan.

While In Some Cases The Damage Already Done May Well Be Irreversible, In Many Other Cases It Can Still Be Halted. It Is Necessary, However, That The Entire Human Community - Individuals, States And International Bodies - Take Seriously The Responsibility That Is Theirs.

The Essential Commitment And, Above All, The Visible Grace And Source Of Supernatural Strength For The Church As The People Of God Is To Persevere And Advance Constantly In Eucharistic Life And Eucharistic Piety And To Develop Spiritually In The Climate Of The Eucharist.

The 25th Anniversary Of The Decision ... Is A Call To People Of Good Will To Reflect. Now Is The Time For Recommitment To The Building Of A Culture Of Absolute Respect For Life.

A Man, Even If Seriously Sick Or Prevented In The Exercise Of Its Higher Functions, Is And Will Be Always A Man ... [he] Will Never Become A 'vegetable' Or An 'animal,'" The Pope Said. "the Intrinsic Value And Personal Dignity Of Every Human Being Does Not Change Depending On Their Circumstances.

All Human Life-from The Moment Of Conception And Through All Subsequent Stages-is Sacred, Because Human Life Is Created In The Image And Likeness Of God. Nothing Surpasses The Greatness Or Dignity Of A Human Person...if A Person's Right To Life Is Violated At The Moment In Which He Is First Conceived In His Mother's Womb, An Indirect Blow Is Struck Also At The Whole Moral Order.

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.

Bless, O Lord Of The Centuries And The Millennia, The Daily Work By Which Men And Women Provide Bread For Themselves And Their Loved Ones. We Also Offer To Your Fatherly Hands The Toil And Sacrifices Associated With Work, In Union With Your Son Jesus Christ, Who Redeemed Human Work From The Yoke Of Sin And Restored It To Its Original Dignity.

This Worship, Given Therefore To The Trinity Of The Father And Of The Son And Of The Holy Spirit, Above All Accompanies And Permeates The Celebration Of The Eucharistic Liturgy. But It Must Fill Our Churches Also Outside The Timetable Of Masses. Indeed, Since The Eucharistic Mystery Was Instituted Out Of Love, And Makes Christ Sacramentally Present, It Is Worthy Of Thanksgiving And Worship. And This Worship Must Be Prominent In All Our Encounters With The Blessed Sacrament, Both When We Visit Our Churches And When The Sacred Species Are Taken To The Sick And Administered To Them

And Everything Else Will Then Turn Out To Be Unimportant And Inessential Except This: Father, Child, And Love. And Then, Looking At The Simplest Things, We Will All Say, Could We Have Not Learned This Long Ago? Has This Not Always Been Embedded In Everything That Is?

Certain Elements Of Today's Ecological Crisis Reveal Its Moral Character. First Among These Is The Indiscriminate Application Of Advances In Science And Technology. Many Recent Discoveries Have Brought Undeniable Benefits To Humanity. Indeed, They Demonstrate The Nobility Of The Human Vocation To Participate Responsibly In God's Creative Action In The World. Unfortunately, It Is Now Clear That The Application Of These Discoveries In The Fields Of Industry And Agriculture Have Produced Harmful Long-term Effects.

Evangelization Through The Eucharist, In The Eucharist, And From The Eucharist - These Are Three Inseparable Aspects Of How The Church Lives The Mystery Of Christ And Fulfills Her Mission Of Communicating It To All People.... In Addition To The Preaching Of The Message, The Consummation Of Evangelization Consists In The Building Up Of The Church, Which Has No Real Existence Without The Sacramental Life Culminating In The Blessed Eucharist

Christian Holiness Does Not Being Sinless, But Rather It Means Struggling Not To Give In And Always Getting Up After Every Fall.

Christ Assigns As A Duty To Every Man The Dignity Of Every Woman: And Simultaneously... He Also Assigns To Every Woman The Dignity Of Every Man.

'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'

The Earth Will Not Continue To Offer Its Harvest, Except With Faithful Stewardship. We Cannot Say We Love The Land And Then Take Steps To Destroy It For Use By Future Generations.

Christians, In Particular, Realize That Their Responsibility Within Creation And Their Duty Towards Nature And The Creator Are An Essential Part Of Their Faith.

See Everything. Ignore A Lot. Improve A Little.

If Humanity Today Succeeds In Combining The New Scientific Capacities With A Strong Ethical Dimension, It Will Certainly Be Able To Promote The Environment As A Home And A Resource For...all...and Will Be Able To Eliminate The Causes Of Pollution And To Guarantee Adequate Conditions Of Hygiene And Health For Small Groups As Well As For Vast Human Settlements.

The Only Really Effective Means Of Enabling States To Deal With The Grave Problem Of Poverty Is To Provide Them With The Necessary Resources Through Foreign Financial Aid - Public And Private - Granted Under Reasonable Conditions, Within The Framework Of International Commercial Relations Regulated With Fairness.

Men And Women Will Retain Their Sex In Heaven

What Really Matters In Life Is That We Are Loved By Christ And That We Love Him In Return. In Comparison To The Love Of Jesus, Everything Else Is Secondary. And, Without The Love Of Jesus, Everything Is Useless.

The Way Jesus Shows You Is Not Easy. Rather, It Is Like A Path Winding Up A Mountain. Do Not Lose Heart! The Steeper The Road, The Faster It Rises Towards Ever Wider Horizons.

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.

We Must Open Our Eyes To Admire God Who Hides And At The Same Time Reveals Himself In Things And Introduces Us Into The Realms Of Mystery... We Must Be Pure And Simple Like Children, Capable Of Admiring, Being Astonished, Of Marveling, And Being Enchanted By The Divine Gestures Of Love And Closeness We Witness.

Prayer Joined To Sacrifice Constitutes The Most Powerful Force In Human History.

Man's Life Comes From God: It Is His Image And Imprint, As Sharing In His Breath Of Life. God Therefore Is The Sole Lord Of This Life: Man Cannot Do With It As He Wills.

Stupidity Is Also A Gift Of God, But One Mustn't Misuse It.

We Can Pray Perfectly When We Are Out In The Mountains Or On A Lake And We Feel At One With Nature. Nature Speaks For Us Or Rather Speaks To Us. We Pray Perfectly.

We Are The People Of Life, Because God, In His Unconditional Love, Has Given Us The Gospel Of Life, And We Are Called To Act Accordingly.

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