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Abortion
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Another key element of human ecology is the inviolability of human life, especially at its beginning and its end. The Holy See insistently proclaims that the first and most fundamental of all human rights is the right to life, and that when this right is denied all other rights are threatened. The assumption that abortion and euthanasia are human rights deserving legislative sanction is seen by the Holy See as a contradiction which amounts to a denial of the human dignity and freedom which the law is supposed to protect. A society will be judged on the basis of how it treats its weakest members; and among the most vulnerable are surely the unborn and the dying.
http://www.vatican.va/holy_father/john_paul_ii/speeches/2000/index.htm
-Pope John Paul II, May 25, 2000
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The cemetery of the victims of human cruelty in our century is extended to include yet another vast cemetery, that of the unborn.
-Pope John Paul II
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Christianity
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When you wonder about the mystery of yourself, look to Christ, who gives you the meaning of life. When you wonder what it means to be a mature person, look to Christ, who is the fulfillness of humanity. And when you wonder about your role in the future of the world
-Pope John Paul II, To 19,000 students in New York City, October 3, 1979
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Family
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As the family goes, so goes the nation and so goes the whole world in which we live.
-Pope John Paul II
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Fear
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Have no fear of moving into the unknown. Simply step out fearlessly knowing that I am with you, therefore no harm can befall you; all is very, very well. Do this in complete faith and confidence.
-Pope John Paul II
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Marriage
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Marriage is an act of will that signifies and involves a mutual gift, which unites the spouses and binds them to their eventual souls, with whom they make up a sole family --a domestic church.
-Pope John Paul II
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Nation, Nationality, Nationalism
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Pervading nationalism imposes its dominion on man today in many different forms and with an aggressiveness that spares no one. The challenge that is already with us is the temptation to accept as true freedom what in reality is only a new form of slavery.
-Pope John Paul II
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Religion
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The question confronting the Church today is not any longer whether the man in the street can grasp a religious message, but how to employ the communications media so as to let him have the full impact of the Gospel message.
-Pope John Paul II
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Responsibility
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-Pope John Paul II
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