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• No more war, war never again! Peace, it is peace which must guide the destinies of people and of all mankind.

  Pope Paul VI

  War, Destiny, People

  Pope Paul VI (2007). “Christian Values and Virtues”, Crossroad Publishing Company

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• The older the fiddler, the sweeter the tune.

  Pope Paul VI

  Birthday, Age, Tunes

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• 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.

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  Islamic, Church, Riches

  Pope Paul VI, Catholic Church. Pope (1963-1978 : Paul VI) (1972). “Insegnamenti di Paolo VI.”

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• Perhaps the Lord has called me and preserved me for this service not because I am particularly fit for it, or so that I can govern and rescue the Church from her present difficulties, but so that I can suffer something for the Church, and in that way it will be clear that he, and no other, is her guide and saviour

  Pope Paul VI

  Suffering, Church, Way

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• The Catholic Church holds that it is not admissible to ordain women to the priesthood, for very fundamental reasons. These reasons include: the example recorded in the Sacred Scriptures of Christ choosing His apostles only from among men; the constant practice of the Church, which has imitated Christ in choosing only men; and her living teaching authority which has consistently held that the exclusion of women from the priesthood is in accordance with God's plan for His Church.

  Pope Paul VI

  Teaching, Men, Practice

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• Peace is not merely the absence of war. Nor can it be reduced solely to the maintenance of a balance of power between enemies. Nor is it brought about by dictatorship. Instead, it is rightly and appropriately called "an enterprise of justice" (Is. 32:7). Peace results from that order structured into human society by its divine founder, and actualized by men as they thirst after ever greater justice.

  Pope Paul VI

  Peace, War, Men

  "Gaudium et Spes". § 78, December 7, 1965.

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• We consider Christmas as the encounter, the great encounter, the historical encounter, the decisive encounter, between God and mankind. He who has faith knows this truly; let him rejoice.

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  Christmas, Faith, Xmas

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• The world calls for and expects from us simplicity of life, the spirit of prayer, charity towards all, especially towards the lowly and the poor, obedience and humility... Without this mark of holiness, our word will have difficulty in touching the heart of modern man. It risks being vain and sterile.

  Pope Paul VI

  Faith, Prayer, Inspiration

  Catholic Church. Pope (1963-1978 : Paul VI), Pope Paul VI (1976*). “On evangelization in the modern world”

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• 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.

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  Two, Historic, Armament

  Sermon by Pope Paul VI at the Shrine of Fatima, Portugal (May 13, 1967), as reported in The New York Times (p. 47), May 14, 1967.

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• Christ did not found an abstract religion, a mere school of religious thought. He setup a community of apostles, of teachers, with the task of spreading His message and so giving rise to a society of believers: His Church. He promised the Spirit of truth to His Church and then sent Him.

  Pope Paul VI

  Teacher, Religious, School

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• The international trading system was devised by the rich to suit their needs; it ignores those of the poor.

  Pope Paul VI

  Needs, Poverty, Suits

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• The unique and indivisible existence of the Lord glorious in heaven, is not multiplied, but is rendered present by the sacrament in the many places on earth where Mass is celebrated. And this existence remains present, after the sacrifice, in the Blessed Sacrament, which is, in the tabernacle, the living heart of each of our churches.

  Pope Paul VI

  Jesus, Blessed, Heart

  "The Credo of the People of God: a theological commentary".

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• Failing to be there when a man wants her is a woman's greatest sin, except to be there when he doesn't want her.

  Pope Paul VI

  Failure, Men, Want

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• Satan's smoke has made its way into the Temple of God through some crack

  Pope Paul VI

  Cracks, Way, Temples

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

  Pope Paul VI

  Law, Faithful, Church

  "Humanae Vitae". Pope Paul VI 's Encyclical Letter on the regulation of birth, w2.vatican.va. July 25, 1968.

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• The religion of the God who became man has met the religion (for such it is) of man who makes himself God. And what happened? Was there a clash, a battle, a condemnation? There could have been, but there was none

  Pope Paul VI

  Men, Battle, Mets

  Pope Paul VI, United States Catholic Conference (1968). “Pope Paul says ...: translations of some of Pope Paul's addresses”

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• Lord, to whom should we go? Thy words are the words of eternal life.

  Pope Paul VI

  Lord, Should, Eternal Life

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• You must strive to multiply bread so that it suffices for the tables of mankind, and not rather favor an artificial control of birth, which would be irrational, in order to diminish the number of guests at the banquet of life.

  Pope Paul VI

  Numbers, Order, Bread

  Pope Paul VI (2007). “Christian Values and Virtues”, Crossroad Publishing Company

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

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  Becoming, Slave, Consumerism

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• Excessive economic, social and cultural inequalities among peoples arouse tensions and conflicts, and are a danger to peace.

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  Peace, Ubuntu, Conflict

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• Peace is not simply the absence of warfare.

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  Warfare, Absence, Catholicism

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• I met a hundred men going to Delhi and everyone is my brother.

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  Brother, Men, Hundred

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• True humanism points the way toward God and acknowledges the task to which we are called, the task which offers us the real meaning of human life. Man is not the ultimate measure of man. Man becomes truly man only by passing beyond himself.

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  Real, Men, Tasks

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• We see in these swift and skillful travelers a symbol of our life, which seeks to be a pilgrimage and a passage on this earth for the way of heaven.

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  Heaven, Earth, Way

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• Marriage and conjugal love are by their nature ordained toward the procreation and education of children. Children are really the supreme gift of marriage and contribute in the highest degree to their parents' welfare.

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  Children, Parent, Degrees

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