A
nation that kills its own children is a nation without future.
Pope John Paul II |
Each
man, in his suffering, can also become a sharer in the redemptive
suffering of Christ.
Pope John Paul II |
This
is the so-called civilization of 'consumption' and 'consumerism'
... One quickly learns that the more one possesses the more
one wants.
Pope John Paul II |
It
is a mistake to apply American democratic procedures to the
faith and the truth. You cannot take a vote on the truth. The
value of democracy stands or falls with the values which it
embodies and promotes.
Pope John Paul II |
There
is no obligation in conscience to obey such laws [laws which
seek to legitimate abortion and enthanasia]; instead there is
a grave and clear obligation to oppose them by conscientious
objection.
Pope John Paul II |
The
goods of this world are originally meant for all. The right
to private property is valid and necessary, but it does not
nullify the value of this principle. Private property, in fact,
is under a social mortgage.
Pope John Paul II |
There
are many human needs that find no place in the market. The idolatry
of the market...ignores the existence of goods which by their
nature are not and cannot be mere commodities.
Pope John Paul II |
The
obligation to earn one's bread by the sweat of one's brow also
presumes the right to do so. A society in which this right is
systematically denied, in which economic policies do not allow
workers to reach satisfactory levels of employment, cannot be
justified from an ethical point of view, nor can that society
attain social peace.
Pope John Paul II |
We
must emphasise and give prominence to the primacy of human beings
in the production process, the primary of human beings over
things.
Pope John Paul II |