I wish to awaken in others and in myself a greater fervour so that the Catholic deposit of faith, which the Apostle entrusted to us for good reason and which is preferable to all the treasures of this world, may be preserved intact and authentic, since Christian wisdom, general peace and the holiness of man depend on it.
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From Meditationes seu Notae in Evangelicas Lectiones, in Societatis Iesu Selecti Scriptores, II, Freiburg im Breisgau, 1955, from the letter of John Paul II to the German bishops on the occasion of the fourth centenary of the death of St. Peter Canisius.