Pope Paul VI Quotes

Based On Technological Research And The Transformation Of Nature, Industrialization Constantly Goes Forward, Giving Proof Of Incessant Creativity. While Certain Enterprises Develop And Are Concentrated, Others Die Or Change Their Location. Thus New Social Problems Are Created: Professional Or Regional Unemployment, Redeployment And Mobility Of Persons, Permanent Adaptation Of Workers And Disparity Of Conditions In The Different Branches Of Industry.

Man's Genius Has With God's Help Produced Marvelous Technical Inventions From Creation, Especially In Our Times. The Church, Our Mother, Is Particularly Interested In Those Which Directly Touch Man's Spirit And Which Have Opened Up New Avenues Of Easy Communication Of All Kinds Of News, Of Ideas And Orientations.

The Pope-and We Know This Well-is Without Doubt The Most Serious Obstacle On The Ecumenical Road.

Twenty-two Martyrs Were Recognized, But There Were Many More, And Not Only Catholics. There Were Also Anglicans And Some Mohammedans.

If The World Is Made To Furnish Each Individual With The Means Of Livelihood And The Instruments For His Growth And Progress, Each Man Has Therefore The Right To Find In The World What Is Necessary For Himself. The Recent Council Reminded Us Of This: "god Intended The Earth And All That It Contains For The Use Of Every Human Being And People. Thus, As All Men Follow Justice And Unite In Charity, Created Goods Should Abound For Them On A Reasonable Basis."

For He Is In The Midst Of Us Day And Night [in The Blessed Sacrament]; He Dwells In Us With The Fullness Of Grace And Truth. He Raises The Level Of Morals, Fosters Virtue, Comforts The Sorrowful, Strengthens The Weak And Stirs Up All Those Who Draw Near To Him To Imitate Him, So That They May Learn From His Example To Be Meek And Humble Of Heart, And To Seek Not Their Own Interests But Those Of God.

The Freedom Or Immunity From Coercion In Matters Religious, Which Is The Endowment Of Persons As Individuals, Is Also To Be Recognized As Their Right When They Act In Community. Religious Communities Are A Requirement Of The Social Nature Both Of Man And Of Religion Itself.

For You Deal Here Above All With Human Life, And Human Life Is Sacred; No One May Dare Make An Attempt Upon It. Respect For Life, Even With Regard To The Great Problem Of The Birth Rate, Must Find Here In Your Assembly Its Highest Affirmation And Its Most Rational Defense. Your Task Is To Ensure That There Is Enough Bread On The Tables Of Mankind, And Not To Encourage An Artificial Control Of Births, Which Would Be Irrational, In Order To Diminish The Number Of Guests At The Banquet Of Life.

Man Is Suddenly Becoming Aware That By An Ill-considered Exploitation Of Nature He Risks Destroying It And Becoming In His Turn The Victim Of This Degradation. Not Only Is The Material Environment Becoming A Permanent Menace - Pollution And Refuse, New Illness And Absolute Destructive Capacity - But The Human Framework Is No Longer Under Man's Control, Thus Creating An Environment For Tomorrow Which May Well Be Intolerable. This Is A Wide-ranging Social Problem Which Concerns The Entire Human Family.

A Dimple On The Chin, The Devil Within.

Priestly Celibacy Has Been Guarded By The Church For Centuries As A Brilliant Jewel, And Retains Its Value Undiminished Even In Our Time When The Outlook Of Men And The State Of The World Have Undergone Such Profound Changes.

There Are Those Who Ask What Authority, What Theological Qualification, The Council Intended To Give To Its Teachings, Knowing That It Avoided Issuing Solemn Dogmatic Definitions Backed By The Church's Infallible Teaching Authority. The Answer Is Known By Those Who Remember The Conciliar Declaration Of March 6, 1964, Repeated On November 16, 1964. In View Of The Pastoral Nature Of The Council, It Avoided Proclaiming In An Extraordinary Manner Any Dogmata Carrying The Mark Of Infallibility.