Pope John
Pope John
prayer church needs
The Rosary is a magnificent and universal prayer for the needs of the Church, the nations and the entire world.
country order diversity
The social progress, order, security and peace of each country are necessarily connected with the social progress, order, security and peace of all other countries.
moving able steps
I am able to follow my own death step by step. Now I move softly towards the end.
feelings good-company smallness
The feelings of my smallness and my nothingness always kept me good company.
light church splendid
The council now beginning rises in the Church like the daybreak, a forerunner of most splendid light.
littles forget
Listen to everything, forget much, correct little.
christmas xmas heart
Mankind is a great, an immense family... This is proved by what we feel in our hearts at Christmas.
justice charity catholicism
Justice comes before charity.
birthday drinking wine
Men are like wine - some turn to vinegar, but the best improve with age.
made
I am made to tremble and I fear!
generosity catholic church
It is now for the Catholic Church to bend herself to her work with calmness and generosity. It is for you to observe her with renewed and friendly attention.
integrity men right-to-life
Every man has the right to life, to bodily integrity.
brother blood names
The mark of Cain is stamped upon our foreheads. Across the centuries, our brother Abel was lain in blood which we drew, and shed tears we caused by forgetting Thy love. Forgive us, Lord, for the curse we falsely attributed to their name as Jews. Forgive us for crucifying Thee a second time in their flesh. For we knew not what we did.
catholic church noble
The Catholic Church has a dignity far surpassing that of every merely human society, for it was founded by Christ the Lord. It is altogether fitting, therefore, that the language it uses should be noble, majestic, and non-vernacular.