The world [is] tired of ideology [and] is opening itself to the truth. The time has come when the splendor of this truth has begun anew to illuminate the darkness of human existence.
Pope John Paul IIContraception contradicts the full truth of the sexual act as the proper expression of conjugal love.
Pope John Paul IIThe greater the feeling of responsibility for the person the more true love there is.
Pope John Paul IIOn my knees, I beg of you to turn away from the paths of violence and to return to the path of peace. Those who resort to violence always claim that only violence brings about change. You must know there is a political, peaceful way to justice.
Pope John Paul II