You are priests, not social or political leaders. Let us not be under the illusion that we are serving the Gospel through an exaggerated interest in the wide field of temporal problems.

Quote by Pope John Paul II

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Young people are threatened... by the evil use of advertising techniques that stimulate the natural...

Young people are threatened... by the evil use of advertising techniques that stimulate the natural...

...A community needs a soul if it is to become a true home for human...

...A community needs a soul if it is to become a true home for human...

Radical changes in world politics leave America with a heightened responsibility to be, for the...

Radical changes in world politics leave America with a heightened responsibility to be, for the...

War is a defeat for humanity.

War is a defeat for humanity.

The vow of celibacy is a matter of keeping one's word to Christ and the...

The vow of celibacy is a matter of keeping one's word to Christ and the...

Work bears a particular mark of man and of humanity, the mark of a person...

Work bears a particular mark of man and of humanity, the mark of a person...

You are our dearly beloved brothers, and in a certain way, it could be said...

You are our dearly beloved brothers, and in a certain way, it could be said...

The great danger for family life, in the midst of any society whose idols are...

The great danger for family life, in the midst of any society whose idols are...

Social justice cannot be attained by violence. Violence kills what it intends to create.

Social justice cannot be attained by violence. Violence kills what it intends to create.

When freedom does not have a purpose, when it does not wish to know anything...

When freedom does not have a purpose, when it does not wish to know anything...

As the family goes, so goes the nation and so goes the whole world in...

As the family goes, so goes the nation and so goes the whole world in...

Stupidity is also a gift of God, but one mustn't misuse it

Stupidity is also a gift of God, but one mustn't misuse it

From now on it is only through a conscious choice and through a deliberate policy...

From now on it is only through a conscious choice and through a deliberate policy...

The historical experience of socialist countries has sadly demonstrated that collectivism does not do away...

The historical experience of socialist countries has sadly demonstrated that collectivism does not do away...

The United Nations organization has proclaimed 1979 as the Year of the Child. Are the...

The United Nations organization has proclaimed 1979 as the Year of the Child. Are the...

The enemy of the human race...invented a means never before heard of, by which he...

The enemy of the human race...invented a means never before heard of, by which he...

The vow of celibacy is a matter of keeping one's word to Christ and the...

The vow of celibacy is a matter of keeping one's word to Christ and the...

Commending the victims to almighty God's mercy, I implore his strength upon all involved in...

Commending the victims to almighty God's mercy, I implore his strength upon all involved in...

The terrorist attacks of September 11th and the courageous actions of our armed forces in...

The terrorist attacks of September 11th and the courageous actions of our armed forces in...

The whole world has changed after September 11th.

The whole world has changed after September 11th.

September 11th was a moment when America had the sympathy of the world.

September 11th was a moment when America had the sympathy of the world.

It is impossible to fully comprehend the evil that would have conjured up such a...

It is impossible to fully comprehend the evil that would have conjured up such a...