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
people humanity holiness
All are called to holiness, and holy people alone can renew humanity.
humanity pieces world
None of us is alone in this world; each of us is a vital piece of the great mosaic of humanity as a whole.
thinking humanity
Learning to think rigorously, so as to act rightly and to serve humanity better.
doors rejection humanity
Much of the violence that humanity suffers in our times is rooted inmisunderstanding as well as in the rejection of the values and identityof foreign cultures. Tourism improves relationships between individualsand peoples; when they are cordial, respectful, and based on solidarity theyconstitute, as it were, an open door to peace and harmonious coexistence
order humanity musician
Those who perceive in themselves... the artistic vocation as poet, writer, sculptor, painter, musician, and actor feel at the same time an obligation not to waste this talent but to develop it, in order to put it to service of their neighbour and the humanity as a whole.
men humanity catholic
In Christ and through Christ man has acquired full awareness of his dignity, of the heights to which he is raised, of the surpassing worth of his own humanity, and of the meaning of his existence.
choices humanity conscious
From now on it is only through a conscious choice and through a deliberate policy that humanity can survive.
peace humanity faces
Our future on this planet, exposed as it is to nuclear annihilation, depends one one single factor: humanity must make a moral about-face.
war humanity unfair
Humanity should question itself, once more, about the absurd and always unfair phenomenon of war...
effort humanity serving-others
Every effort to make society sensitive to the importance of the family, is a great service to humanity.
war past humanity
War should belong to the tragic past, to history: it should find no place on humanity's agenda for the future.
humanity violence fabric
Violence is a crime against humanity, for it destroys the very fabric of society.
peace war humanity
War is a defeat for humanity.
faith inspiration giving
In the depths of the human soul... the desire to give meaning to one's own life is joined by the fleeting vision of beauty and of the mysterious unity of things.