It is not enough to long for a person as a good for oneself, one must also, and above all, long for that person's good.
Pope John Paul IITake away from love the fullness of self surrender, the completeness of personal commitment, and what remains will be a total denial and negation of it.
Pope John Paul IIYou are our dearly beloved brothers, and in a certain way, it could be said that you are our elder brothers.
Pope John Paul IIThe distinctive mark of the Christian, today more than ever, must be love for the poor, the weak, the suffering.
Pope John Paul IINew knowledge has led to the recognition in the theory of evolution of more than a hypothesis. It is indeed remarkable that this theory has been progressively accepted by researchers, following a series of discoveries in various fields of knowledge. The convergence, neither sought nor fabricated, of the results of work that was conducted independently is in itself a significant argument in favor of this theory.
Pope John Paul II