Pope John
Pope John
embraces heart suffer words
The pope, in his heart and with his words of encouragement, embraces all who suffer injustice.
adolescent adopt child policy present tolerance urge whether zero
I urge you to adopt a policy of zero tolerance for all offenders, whether they have abused one child or adolescent or many, whether past, present or future.
catholic god-is-love crosses
God is Love. We eventually have to ask ourselves the question; why was Love nailed to a cross?
attitude freedom 4th-of-july
Freedom consists not in doing what we like, but in having the right to do what we ought.
choices humanity conscious
From now on it is only through a conscious choice and through a deliberate policy that humanity can survive.
intense-training judging mind
To predispose our mind to welcome the Lord who, as we say in the Creed, one day will come to judge the living and the dead, we must learn to recognize him as present in the events of daily life. Therefore, Advent is, so to speak, an intense training that directs us decisively toward him who already came, who will come, and who comes continuously.
raw-materials principles creation
Interdependence must be transformed into solidarity based upon the principle that the goods of creation are meant for all. That which human industry produces through the processing of raw materials with the contribution of work must serve equally for the good of all.
catholic suffering spirit
And Christ, through His own salvific suffering, is very much present in every human suffering, and can act from within that suffering by the powers of His Spirit of truth, His consoling spirit.
divides greater
What unites us, is much greater than what divides us.