Quotes From Pope John Paul II Pope John Paul II [dropcaps type='normal' font_size='65' color='' background_color='' border_color='']M[/dropcaps]an always travels along precipices. His truest obligation is to keep his balance. The Holy Land needs bridges, not walls. Anything done for another is done for oneself. Stupidity is also a gift from God,...
Prayers of Pope John Paul II Pope John Paul II [dropcaps type='normal' font_size='100' color='' background_color='' border_color='']A[/dropcaps] Prayer Offered at the Beginning of His Pontificate The new successor of Peter in the see of Rome, today makes a fervent, humble, and trusting prayer: Christ, make me become and remain the...
Corpus Christi: SOLEMNITY OF THE BODY AND BLOOD OF CHRIST HOMILY OF JOHN PAUL II Announcing the Year of the Eucharist, The Source and Summit Basilica of St John Lateran Thursday, 10 June 2004 [dropcaps type='normal' font_size='100' color='' background_color='' border_color='']A[/dropcaps]s often as you eat this bread and drink this cup, you...
Last Will and Testament of Pope John Paul II [dropcaps type='normal' font_size='100' color='' background_color='' border_color='']T[/dropcaps]otus Tuus ego sum (Latin for "I am completely in Your hands") In the Name of the Holiest Trinity. Amen. "Keep watch, because you do not know which day when the Lord will come" (Matthew...
APOSTOLIC LETTER ORDINATIO SACERDOTALIS Letter of Pope JOHN PAUL II TO THE BISHOPS OF THE CATHOLIC CHURCH ON RESERVING PRIESTLY ORDINATION TO MEN ALONE Pope John Paul II's Letter Ordinatio Sacerdotalis, "On Reserving Priestly Ordination to Men Alone," is the definitive judgment by Pope John Paul II that, based on the...
Mission of the Redeemer REDEMPTORIS MISSIO (On the Permanent Validity of the Church's Missionary Mandate) John Paul II Encyclical promulgated on 7 December 1990. [dropcaps type='normal' font_size='100' color='' background_color='' border_color='']V[/dropcaps]enerable Brothers, Beloved Sons and Daughters, Health and the Apostolic Blessing! 1. The mission of Christ the Redeemer, which is entrusted to...
APOSTOLIC LETTER MANE NOBISCUM DOMINE OF THE HOLY FATHER JOHN PAUL II TO THE BISHOPS, CLERGY AND FAITHFUL FOR THE YEAR OF THE EUCHARIST OCTOBER 2004–OCTOBER 2005 INTRODUCTION [dropcaps type='normal' font_size='65' color='' background_color='' border_color='']S[/dropcaps]tay with us, Lord, for it is almost evening” (cf. Lk 24:29). This was the insistent invitation that the two disciples...
Lord and Giver of Life Encyclical Letter Dominum et Vivifivcantum (1986) On the Holy Spirit Pope John Paul II [dropcaps type='normal' font_size='100' color='' background_color='' border_color='']V[/dropcaps]ENERABLE BROTHERS, BELOVED SONS AND DAUGHTERS, HEALTH AND THE APOSTOLIC BLESSING! 1. The Church professes her faith in the Holy Spirit as "the Lord, the giver...
APOSTOLIC LETTER ORIENTALE LUMEN OF THE SUPREME PONTIFF TO THE BISHOPS, CLERGY AND FAITHFUL TO MARK THE CENTENARY OF ORIENTALIUM DIGNITAS OF POPE LEO XIII JOHN PAUL II [dropcaps type='normal' font_size='100' color='' background_color='' border_color='']V[/dropcaps]enerable Brothers, Dear Sons and Daughters of the Church 1. The light of the East has illumined the universal Church, from the...
LETTER TO WOMEN POPE JOHN PAUL II [dropcaps type='normal' font_size='100' color='' background_color='' border_color='']I[/dropcaps] greet you all most cordially, women throughout the world! 1. I am writing this letter to each one of you as a sign of solidarity and gratitude on the eve of the Fourth World Conference on Women,...