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How could man have such utter contempt for man? Because he had reached the point of contempt for God.
There is no true peace without fairness, truth, justice and solidarity.
Truth can never be confined to time and culture; in history it is known, but it also reaches beyond history.
Fides et Ratio (1998)
As the family goes, so goes the nation, and so goes the whole world in which we live.
The moral life presents itself as the response due to the many gratuitous initiatives taken by God out of love for man.
Veritatis Splendor (1993)
The cemetery of the victims of human cruelty in our century is extended to include yet another vast cemetery, that of the unborn.
Once the truth is denied to human beings, it is pure illusion to try to set them free. Truth and freedom either go together hand in hand or together they perish in misery.
Fides et Ratio (1998)
Every truth—if it really is truth—presents itself as universal, even if it is not the whole truth. If something is true, then it must be true for all people and at all times.
Fides et Ratio (1998)
Do not be afraid. Open wide the doors for Christ!
A society will be judged on the basis of how it treats its weakest members; and among the most vulnerable are surely the unborn and the dying.
Dear Kashubian brothers and sisters! Cherish the values and the heritage that define your identity.
What is most admirable about the events we witnessed is that all nations spoke out loud: women, youths, men, everybody overcame fear.
I give thanks to God for the presence and help of cardinal Ratzinger, who is a trusted friend.
When a firm makes a profit this means that productive factors have been properly employed and corresponding human needs have been duly satisfied.
God assigns as a duty to every man the dignity of every woman.
Truth enlightens man's intelligence and shapes his freedom.
Veritatis Splendor (1993)
I plead with you--never, ever give up on hope, never doubt, never tire, and never become discouraged. Be not afraid.
Women have the right to insist that their dignity be respected. At the same time, they have the duty to work for the promotion of the dignity of all persons, men as well as women.
Remember the past with gratitude, live the present with enthusiasm and look forward to the future with confidence.
Faith and reason are like two wings on which the human spirit rises to the contemplation of truth; and God has placed in the human heart a desire to know the truth—in a word, to know himself—so that, by knowing and loving God, men and women may also come to the fullness of truth about themselves.
Fides et Ratio (1998)