Quotes from Pope John Paul II

The cemetery of the victims of human cruelty in our century is extended to include yet another vast cemetery, that of the unborn.

May the death penalty, an unworthy punishment still used in some countries, be abolished throughout the world.

Today, for the first time in history, a Bishop of Rome sets foot on English soil. This fair land, once a distant outpost of the pagan world, has become, through the preaching of the Gospel, a beloved and gifted portion of Christ's vineyard.

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

Violence and arms can never resolve the problems of men.

To maintain a joyful family requires much from both the parents and the children. Each member of the family has to become, in a special way, the servant of the others.

In the designs of Providence, there are no mere coincidences.

Only in Christ can men and women find answers to the ultimate questions that trouble them. Only in Christ can they fully understand their dignity as persons created and loved by God.

The ecological crisis is a moral issue.

May you experience the truth that he, Christ, looks upon you with love.

Your faith will help you realize that it is Jesus Himself Who is present in the Blessed Sacrament, waiting for you and calling you to spend one special specific hour with Him each week.

It is not enough to long for a person as a good for oneself, one must also, and above all, long for that person's good.

Only faith in Christ gives rise to a culture contrary to egotism and death.

Man must reconcile himself to his natural greatness.... he must not forget that he is a person.

To the family is entrusted the task of striving, first and foremost, to unleash the forces of good.

Are you capable of risking your life for someone? Do it for Christ.

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.

How beautiful is the family that recites the Rosary every evening.

The history of mankind, the history of salvation, passes by way of the family.

Let me go to the house of the Father.

Forgiveness is above all a personal choice, a decision of the heart to go against the natural instinct to pay back evil with evil.

May Mary, who in the freedom of her 'Fiat' and her presence at the foot of the cross, offered to the world, Jesus, the Liberator, help us to find him in the Sacrament of the altar

Do not be afraid to be saints. Follow Jesus Christ who is the source of freedom and light. Be open to the Lord so that He may lighten all your ways.

The call for a sincere gift of self is the fullest way to realize our personal freedom.