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
teaching catholic church
The Church must persist in the teaching transmitted to her by Christ.
law abortion catholic
Taking into account these distinctions, in harmony with the Magisterium of my Predecessors[81] and in communion with the Bishops of the Catholic Church, I confirm that euthanasia is a grave violation of the law of God, since it is the deliberate and morally unacceptable killing of a human person.
rights catholic age
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 life is being denied or trampled upon, especially at the more significant moments of existence: the moment of birth and the moment of death.
soul catholic action
In the fulfillment of your duties, let your intentions be so pure that you reject from your actions any other motive than the glory of God and the salvation of souls.
death catholic dying
The cemetery of the victims of human cruelty in our century is extended to include yet another vast cemetery, that of the unborn.
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.
men catholic dignity
In Christ and through Christ man has acquired full awareness of his dignity.
ideas abortion catholic
There are many examples of this mistaken idea of freedom, such as the elimination of human life by legalized or generally accepted abortion.
suicide names catholic
Euthanasia and assisted suicide are never acceptable acts of mercy. They always gravely exploit the suffering and desperate, extinguishing life in the name of the 'quality of life' itself.
catholic human-life all-time
The Gospel of life must be proclaimed and human life defended in all places and all times.
justice catholic
There is no peace without justice, and no justice without forgiveness.
design catholic coincidence
In the designs of Providence, there are no mere coincidences.
jesus catholic desire
It is Jesus who stirs in you the desire to do something great with your lives, the will to follow an ideal, the refusal to allow yourselves to be ground down by mediocrity, the courage to commit yourselves humbly and patiently to improving yourselves and society, making the world more human and more fraternal.
song sweet catholic
I have a sweet tooth for song and music. This is my Polish sin.