The family is the first essential cell of human society.

Quote by Pope John XXIII

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It is now for the Catholic Church to bend herself to her work with calmness...

It is now for the Catholic Church to bend herself to her work with calmness...

Anybody can be Pope; the proof of this is that I have become one.

Anybody can be Pope; the proof of this is that I have become one.

I have looked into your eyes with my eyes. I have put my heart near...

I have looked into your eyes with my eyes. I have put my heart near...

Every man has the right to life, to bodily integrity.

Every man has the right to life, to bodily integrity.

It is easier for a father to have children than for children to have a...

It is easier for a father to have children than for children to have a...

Consult not your fears but your hopes and your dreams. Think not about your frustrations,...

Consult not your fears but your hopes and your dreams. Think not about your frustrations,...

A peaceful man does more good than a learned one.

A peaceful man does more good than a learned one.

The council now beginning rises in the Church like the daybreak, a forerunner of most...

The council now beginning rises in the Church like the daybreak, a forerunner of most...

We ardently desire their return to the house of the common Father they will not...

We ardently desire their return to the house of the common Father they will not...

Born poor, but of honored and humble people, I am particularly proud to die poor.

Born poor, but of honored and humble people, I am particularly proud to die poor.

Men are like wine - some turn to vinegar, but the best improve with age.

Men are like wine - some turn to vinegar, but the best improve with age.

It often happens that I wake up at night and begin to think about a...

It often happens that I wake up at night and begin to think about a...

I have been able to follow my death step by step and now my life...

I have been able to follow my death step by step and now my life...

If God created shadows, it was to better emphasize the light.

If God created shadows, it was to better emphasize the light.

I am able to follow my own death step by step. Now I move softly...

I am able to follow my own death step by step. Now I move softly...

The feelings of my smallness and my nothingness always kept me good company.

The feelings of my smallness and my nothingness always kept me good company.

See everything; overlook a great deal; correct a little.

See everything; overlook a great deal; correct a little.

If you wait to do everything until you're sure it's right, you'll probably never do...

If you wait to do everything until you're sure it's right, you'll probably never do...

After your death you will be what you were before your birth.

After your death you will be what you were before your birth.

The best thing you've ever done for me¦is to help me take my life less...

The best thing you've ever done for me¦is to help me take my life less...

By three methods we may learn wisdom: first, by reflection, which is noblest; second, by...

By three methods we may learn wisdom: first, by reflection, which is noblest; second, by...