I do not hesitate to proclaim before you and before the world that all human life-from the moment of conception and through all subsequent stages-is sacred, because human life is created in the image and likeness of God.
Pope John Paul IIWar should belong to the tragic past, to history: it should find no place on humanity's agenda for the future.
Pope John Paul IIChristians, in particular, realize that their responsibility within creation and their duty towards nature and the Creator are an essential part of their faith.
Pope John Paul II