Love Demands Effort And A Personal Commitment

We Christians Joyfully Recognize The Religious Values We Have In Common With Islam. I Would Like To Repeat What I Said To Young Muslims Some Years Ago In Casablanca: 'we Believe In The Same God, The One God, The Living God, The God Who Created The World And Brings His Creatures To Their Perfection.

The Family, As The Fundamental And Essential Educating Community, Is The Privileged Means For Transmitting The Religious And Cultural Values Which Help The Person To Acquire His Or Her Own Identity. Founded On Love And Open To The Gift Of Life, The Family Contains In Itself The Very Future Of Society; Its Most Special Task Is To Contribute Effectively To A Future Of Peace.

Laws Which Legitimize The Direct Killing Of Innocent Human Beings Through Abortion Or Euthanasia Are In Complete Opposition To The Inviolable Right To Life Proper To Every Individual; They Thus Deny The Equality Of Everyone Before The Law.

Humanity, Its Dignity And Its Balance, Will Depend At Every Moment And On Every Place On The Globe,on Who Man Is For Woman And Who Woman Is For Man.

A Man, Even If Seriously Sick Or Prevented In The Exercise Of Its Higher Functions, Is And Will Be Always A Man ... [he] Will Never Become A 'vegetable' Or An 'animal,'" The Pope Said. "the Intrinsic Value And Personal Dignity Of Every Human Being Does Not Change Depending On Their Circumstances.