The question confronting the Church today is not any longer whether the man in the street can grasp a religious message, but how to employ the communications media so as to let him have the full impact of the Gospel message.- Pope John Paul II
The historical experience of socialist countries has sadly demonstrated that collectivism does not do away with alienation but rather increases it, adding to it a lack of basic necessities and economic inefficiency.- Pope John Paul II
The great danger for family life, in the midst of any society whose idols are pleasure, comfort and independence, lies in the fact that people close their hearts and become selfish.- Pope John Paul II
The future starts today, not tomorrow.- 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.- Pope John Paul II
Stupidity is also a gift of God, but one mustn't misuse it.- Pope John Paul II
Social justice cannot be attained by violence. Violence kills what it intends to create.- Pope John Paul II
Science can purify religion from error and superstition. Religion can purify science from idolatry and false absolutes.- Pope John Paul II
Radical changes in world politics leave America with a heightened responsibility to be, for the world, an example of a genuinely free, democratic, just and humane society.- Pope John Paul II
Pervading nationalism imposes its dominion on man today in many different forms and with an aggressiveness that spares no one. The challenge that is already with us is the temptation to accept as true freedom what in reality is only a new form of slavery.- Pope John Paul II
Marriage is an act of will that signifies and involves a mutual gift, which unites the spouses and binds them to their eventual souls, with whom they make up a sole family - a domestic church.- Pope John Paul II
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Love is never defeated, and I could add, the history of Ireland proves it.- Pope John Paul II
I kiss the soil as if I placed a kiss on the hands of a mother, for the homeland is our earthly mother. I consider it my duty to be with my compatriots in this sublime and difficult moment.- Pope John Paul II
I hope to have communion with the people, that is the most important thing.- Pope John Paul II
I have a sweet tooth for song and music. This is my Polish sin.- Pope John Paul II
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