Quotes by Pope John Paul II

Pope John Paul II (1920–2005) — Papst · Katholisch · Vatikanstadt

Johannes Paul II. (bürgerlich Karol Wojtyła) war ein polnischer Geistlicher und von 1978 bis 2005 Oberhaupt der römisch-katholischen Kirche im Vatikan. Er erlangte historische Bedeutung durch seinen Beitrag zum Ende des Kommunismus in Osteuropa, seine Katechesen zur „Theologie des Leibes“ sowie eine strikt konservative Morallehre. Für Bibelleser bietet sein Werk Impulse zur christlichen Anthropologie und zum Schutz des menschlichen Lebens, während sein Pontifikat heute zugleich wegen des institutionellen Umgangs mit Missbrauchsfällen kritisch hinterfragt wird.

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Quotes by Pope John Paul II

We are not a useless speck of dust scattered senselessly in space and time, but part of a wise plan born of God's love.

Pope John Paul II

I pray for the brother who wounded me and whom I have sincerely forgiven.

Pope John Paul II

No peace without justice, no justice without forgiveness.

Pope John Paul II

Let me go to the house of the Father.

Pope John Paul II

A constant danger for priests, even zealous ones, is that they become so immersed in the work of the Lord that they neglect the Lord of the work.

Pope John Paul II

You cannot live only on trial, you cannot die only on trial, you cannot love only on trial, only accept a person on trial and for a time.

Pope John Paul II

War is never an inevitable fate. War always means a defeat for humanity.

Pope John Paul II

The worst prison is a closed heart.

Pope John Paul II

Man does not become human only through work.

Pope John Paul II

Man must take precedence over capital.

Pope John Paul II

No one can claim, like Cain, not to be responsible for the fate of their brother.

Pope John Paul II

Since it is created by God, the human body can remain naked and uncovered and yet keeps its splendor and beauty untouched.

Pope John Paul II

In a false concept of freedom lies the root of the crisis of marriage and family.

Pope John Paul II

After 400 years of division, time is needed for the process of reconciliation. Not everything can be done at once, but we must do what we can do today, in hope of what will be possible tomorrow.

Pope John Paul II

The Gospel promises no one a comfortable life. It makes demands.

Pope John Paul II

Israel is the people of God, the expression of God's communion with mankind, the chosen people. This is not a natural or cultural fact, it is a supernatural fact.

Pope John Paul II

Killing a human being, in whom the image of God is present, is a particularly grave sin. God alone is the Lord of life!

Pope John Paul II

Do not picture God the Father as an old patriarch with a long white beard.

Pope John Paul II

The cemetery of victims of human cruelty is expanding to include yet another vast cemetery, that of the unborn.

Pope John Paul II

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