The hungry nations of the world cry out to the peoples blessed with abundance. And the Church, cut to the quick by this cry, asks each and every man to hear his brother's plea and answer it lovingly.

Two conditions render difficult this historic situation of mankind: It is full of tremendously deadly armament, and it has not progressed morally as much as it has scientifically and technically.

We would also like you to know that the Church recognizes the riches of the Islamic faith - a faith that binds us to the one God.

No member of the faithful could possibly deny that the Church is competent in her magisterium to interpret the natural moral law.

Having rationally endeavored to control nature, is he not now becoming the slave of the objects which he makes?

The Eucharistic mystery stands at the heart and center of the liturgy since it is the fount of life by which we are cleansed and strengthened to live not for ourselves but for God and to be united in love among ourselves.

In youth the days are short and the years are long. In old age the years are short and day's long.