Pope John Paul II
Pope John Paul II
Pope Saint John Paul II, born Karol Józef Wojtyła, was pope from 1978 to 2005. He is widely known to Catholics as Saint John Paul the Great, especially in the names of institutions...
NationalityPolish
ProfessionReligious Leader
Date of Birth18 May 1920
CityWadowice, Poland
CountryPoland
Pope John Paul II quotes about
profound environmental patterns
The most profound and serious indication of the moral implications underlying the ecological problem is the lack of respect for life evident in many of the patterns of environmental pollution.
serenity magnificence climate-change
Our very contract with nature has a deep restorative power; contemplation of its magnificence imparts peace and serenity.
christian school people
Gandhi was much more Christian than many people who say they are Christians.
christianity pope polish
It's too early for a Polish pope.
christian responsibility essentials
Christians, in particular, realize that their responsibility within creation and their duty towards nature and the Creator are an essential part of their faith.
christian blessed eucharistic-adoration
I encourage Christians regularly to visit Christ present in the Blessed Sacrament, for we are all called to abide in the presence of God.
christian rights community
The Church has a special duty to safeguard and strengthen the sacredness of the Eucharist. In our pluralistic and often deliberately secularized society, the living faith of the Christian community - a faith always aware of its rights vis-a-vis those who do not share the faith - ensures respect for this sacredness
names abortion abuse
The legal toleration of abortion or of euthanasia can in no way claim to be based on respect for the conscience of others, precisely because society has the right and the duty to protect itself against the abuses which can occur in the name of conscience and under the pretext of freedom.
encouragement worship renewal
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 they are the central point.
blessed important church
Every act of reverence, every genuflection that you make before the Blessed Sacrament is important because it is an act of faith in Christ, and act of love for Christ. And every sign of the cross and gesture of respect made each time you pass a church is also an act of faith.
prayer spring silence
When our whole life is one faith, hope, love, prayer and silence, a consecrated life always bound up in the Eucharist, then the 'urge' towards God springs...
cfs shoes feet
And so, like Moses (cf Ex 3, 5), in spirit we remove the shoes from our feet, on the threshold of the inner sanctuary that each of us must become as we meet the Lord.
technology confusion people
Those who advocate euthanasia have capitalized on people's confusion, ambivalence and even fear about the use of modern life-prolonging technologies. Being able to choose the time and manner of one's death, without regard to what is chosen is presented as the ultimate freedom.
catholic human-life all-time
The Gospel of life must be proclaimed and human life defended in all places and all times.