Beauty is the vocation bestowed on the artist by the Creator in the gift of artistic talent.
Rediscover the Rosary in the light of scripture, in harmony with the Liturgy, and in the context of your daily lives.
Have no fear of moving into the unknown.
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.
See everything. Ignore a lot. Improve a little.
On my knees, I beg of you to turn away from the paths of violence and to return to the path of peace. Those who resort to violence always claim that only violence brings about change. You must know there is a political, peaceful way to justice.
It would be a sad thing if the religious and moral convictions upon which the American experiment was founded could now somehow be considered a danger to free society.
The world designed by God cannot be a world in which some hoard immoderate wealth in their hands, while others suffer from destitution and poverty, and die of hunger. Love must inspire justice and the struggle for justice.
Consequently, theories of evolution which, in accordance with the philosophies inspiring them, consider the mind as emerging from the forces of living matter, or as a mere epiphenomenon of this matter, are incompatible with the truth about man. Nor are they able to ground the dignity of the person.
The Church’s teaching on ownership diverges radically from collectivism as proclaimed by Marxism and “rigid” capitalism. The primacy of the person over things joint ownership of the means of work.
The greatest gift you can give your child is another sibling.
There is no true peace without fairness, truth, justice and solidarity .
Born and nurtured when the human being first asked questions about the reason for things and their purpose, philosophy shows in different modes and forms that the desire for truth is part of human nature itself.
The Rosary is my favorite prayer. A prayer so simple and so rich; from deepest heart, I exhort all to recite it.
Truth can never be confined to time and culture; in history it is known, but it also reaches beyond history.
In our time, in particular, there exists another form of ownership which is becoming no less important than land: the possession of know-how, technology and skill. The wealth of the industrialized nations is based much more on this kind of ownership than on natural resources.
Economic activity, especially the activity of a market economy, cannot be conducted in an institutional, juridical or political vacuum. On the contrary, it presupposes sure guarantees of individual freedom and private property, as well as a stable currency and efficient public services.
A process of genocide is being carried out before the eyes of the world.
There must be a cooperation of all who believe in God, knowing that authentic religiousness – far from placing individuals and peoples in conflict with one another – rather pushes them together to build a world of peace.
Contraception contradicts the full truth of the sexual act as the proper expression of conjugal love.