Friendship, as has been said, consists in a full commitment of the will to another person with a view to that person's good..

No one else can want for me. No one can substitute his act of will for mine. It does sometimes happen that someone very much wants me to want what he….

Never tire of firmly speaking out in defense of life from its conception and do not be deterred from the commitment to defend the dignity of every hu….

To reach peace, teach peace..

Christ is the sacrament of the invisible God - a sacrament that indicates presence. God is with us..

The Mother of Christ, who stands at the very center of this mystery...is given as mother to every single individual and all mankind..

The promotion of the culture of life should be the highest priority in our societies...If the right to life is not defended decisively as a condition….

The drama of AIDS threatens not just some nations or societies, but the whole of humanity. It knows no frontiers of geography, race, age or social co….

Precisely in an age when the inviolable rights of the person are solemnly proclaimed and the value of life is publicly affirmed, the very right to li….

Eucharistic worship is not so much worship of the inaccessible transcendence as worship of the divine condescension, and it is also the merciful and ….

Christ called as his Apostles only men. He did this in a totally free and sovereign way..

Motherhood involves a special communion with the mystery of life, as it develops in the mother's womb. The mother is filled with wonder at this myste….

The Eucharist is the heart of the Church. Where Eucharistic life flourishes, there the life of the church will blossom..

Following Christ, the Church seeks the truth, which is not always the same as the majority opinion..

The encouragement and the deepening of Eucharistic worship are proofs of the authentic renewal which the Council set itself as an aim and of which th….

The distinctive mark of the Christian, today more than ever, must be love for the poor, the weak, the suffering..

The earth will not continue to offer its harvest, except with faithful stewardship. We cannot say we love the land and then take steps to destroy it ….

The future starts today, not tomorrow..

Condemning class struggle does not mean condemning every possible form of social conflict. Such conflicts inevitably arise and Christians must often ….

In my reading and in my studies I always tried to achieve a harmony between faith, reason, and the heart. These are not separate areas, but are profo….

Look, I can surely say by now that I've got the antibodies to communism inside me. But when I think of consumer society, with all its tragedies, I wo….