Original sin is not only the violation of a positive command โฆ but โฆ attempts โฆ to abolish fatherhood, destroying its rays which permeate the created world, placing in doubt the truth about God who is Love and leaving man with only a sense of the master-slave relationship.
Pope John Paul IIThe true Christian can nurture a trustful optimism, because he is certain of not walking alone. In sending us Jesus, the eternal Son made man, God has drawn near to each of us. In Christ he has become our travelling companion.
Pope John Paul IIThe saints have always been the source and origin of renewal in the most difficult moments in the Church's history.
Pope John Paul II