by Pope Saint John Paul II. This meditation on the ideologies of evil was taken from Pope John Paul II's book Memory and Identity. Each chapter of the book suggests the answer to a question...

In this regard the reproach of the Prophet is extremely straightforward: "Woe to those who call evil good and good evil, who put darkness for light and light for darkness" (Is 5:20). Especially in the case of abortion there is a widespread use of ambiguous terminology, such as "interruption of pregnancy", which tends to hide abortion's true ...

No one escapes the fundamental questions: What must I do? How do I distinguish good from evil? The splendor of truth shining deep within the human spirit makes possible the answer. Really, the decisive answer to every one of man’s questions, his religious and moral question in particular, is Jesus Christ himself. Only in the

2022年4月1日 · We live in a world that by and large unconsciously accepts the false view that there are no such things as intrinsically evil acts. Saint John Paul II, in his encyclical Veritatis Splendor, summarized the Catholic and natural law position well.

1999年8月25日 · Evil exerts a frightening power of attraction which causes many types of behaviour to be judged "normal" and "inevitable". Evil then grows, having devastating effects on consciences, which become confused and even incapable of discernment.

There is no evil to be faced that Christ does not face with us. There is no enemy that Christ has not already conquered. There is no cross to bear that Christ has not already borne for us, and does not now bear with us. Pope John Paul II, Achille Silvestrini, Jerome M. Vereb (1999).

Jesus himself has shown us by his own example that prayer and fasting are the first and most effective weapons against the forces of evil. Forgiveness is above all a personal choice, a decision of the heart to go against the natural instinct to pay back evil with evil.

2024年7月29日 · Under John Paul II, disciplinary actions against dissident theologians and priests increased dramatically, and the theological arguments advanced to support celibacy and to reject women’s ordination, artificial contraception, abortion, and NRTS became more entangled.

5 天之前 · Saint John Paul II left us far more wisdom than can be fit on this page, and his writings edified different people in so many diverse ways. Here are just 15 things he said that remind us of the inspirational and revolutionary figure he was to the world.

2015年4月1日 · What are your favorite quotes from St. John Paul II? Called by some people St. John Paul the Great, John Paul II held the papacy for a whopping 26 years, from October 16th, 1978 to April 2nd, 2005. During that time he published 14 encyclicals, started World Youth Day, led