„Auch Jesus ist nicht vom Kreuz gestiegen.“
— Johannes Paul II.
"Gesten, die die Welt begeistern", stern.de http://www.stern.de/politik/panorama/514068.html?eid=506708, über den Umgang mit seiner Krankheit in seinen letzten Lebensjahren
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Johannes Paul II.
Geburtstag: 18. Mai 1920
Todesdatum: 2. April 2005
Andere Namen: Karol Józef Wojtyła
Johannes Paul II. war vom 16. Oktober 1978 bis zu seinem Tod 26 Jahre und 5 Monate lang Papst der römisch-katholischen Kirche. Ein längeres Pontifikat ist nur für Pius IX. belegt. Johannes Paul II. war der erste Slawe auf dem Papstthron. Ihm wird eine maßgebliche Rolle bei der Beendigung des Sozialismus in seinem Heimatland Polen zugeschrieben. Am 1. Mai 2011 sprach ihn Benedikt XVI. in Rom selig. Am 27. April 2014 wurde Johannes Paul II. von Papst Franziskus heiliggesprochen. Sein Gedenktag ist der 22. Oktober, der Tag seiner Inthronisation im Jahre 1978.
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„Wie groß ist die Zahl der Menschen, die von diesen Predigten und Gedanken über die letzten Dinge zur Umkehr und Beichte geführt wurden! … Wir können sagen, dass solche Predigten, die mit dem Inhalt der Offenbarung im Alten und Neuen Testament völlig im Einklang standen, zutiefst in die innere Welt des Menschen eindrangen. Sie rüttelten das Gewissen wach, sie warfen den Menschen auf die Knie und führten ihn zum Gitter des Beichtstuhls; sie hatten eine zutiefst heilbringende Wirkung.“
— Johannes Paul II.
Karol Wojtyla, „Die Schwelle der Hoffnung überschreiten“, S. 205, zitiert in: Horst Herrmann „Johannes Paul II beim Wort genommen. Eine kritische Antwort auf den Papst“, ISBN 3-442-12643-6, 1995. S. 191
„Wieviel Hochachtung verdienen angesichts solcher Entartungen hingegen die Frauen, die mit heroischer Liebe zu ihrem Kind eine Schwangerschaft austragen, die durch das Unrecht ihnen gewaltsam aufgezwungener sexueller Beziehungen zustande gekommen ist; […] die oft durch eine Kultur eines hedonistischen Permissivismus verdorben sind, in dem nur allzu leicht auch Tendenzen eines aggressiven Männertums gedeihen.“
— Johannes Paul II.
Brief an die Frauen, 29. Juni 1995, vatican.va http://www.vatican.va/holy_father/john_paul_ii/letters/documents/hf_jp-ii_let_29061995_women_ge.html
„Die Welt, welche der Menschensohn bei seiner Menschwerdung vorfand, verdiente es, verdammt zu werden: wegen der Sünde, die die ganze Geschichte beherrscht hatte, beginnend mit dem Sündenfall der Stammeseltern. Doch dies ist ein anderer Punkt, den das Denken nach der Aufklärung absolut nicht annimmt. Es nimmt die Realität der Sünde und vor allem der Erbsünde nicht an.“
— Johannes Paul II.
Karol Wojtyla, „Die Schwelle der Hoffnung überschreiten“, S. 85, zitiert in: Horst Herrmann „Johannes Paul II beim Wort genommen. Eine kritische Antwort auf den Papst“, ISBN 3-442-12643-6, 1995. S. 170
„Heute, beinahe ein halbes Jahrhundert nach dem Erscheinen der Enzyklika, geben neue Erkenntnisse dazu Anlass, in der Evolutionstheorie mehr als eine Hypothese zu sehen. Es ist in der Tat bemerkenswert, dass diese Theorie nach einer Reihe von Entdeckungen in unterschiedlichen Wissensgebieten immer mehr von der Forschung akzeptiert wurde. Ein solches unbeabsichtigtes und nicht gesteuertes Übereinstimmen von Forschungsergebnissen stellt schon an sich ein bedeutsames Argument zugunsten dieser Theorien dar.“
— Johannes Paul II.
Botschaft des Papstes an die Mitglieder der Päpstlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften anläßlich ihrer Vollversammlung am 22. Oktober 1996 (die deutsche Übersetzung wurde entnommen aus: L`Osservatore Romano, Wochenausgabe in deutscher Sprache, 1. November 1996, Nummer 44, S. 1 f.)
„Quite apart from the fact that it conflicts with the demands and the content of the word of God, nihilism is a denial of the humanity and of the very identity of the human being. It should never be forgotten that the neglect of being inevitably leads to losing touch with objective truth and therefore with the very ground of human dignity.“
— Pope John Paul II
Encyclical Fides et Ratio, 14 September 1998
Source: www.vatican.va http://www.vatican.va/holy_father/john_paul_ii/encyclicals/documents/hf_jp-ii_enc_14091998_fides-et-ratio_en.html
„The Church is called upon to manifest anew to everyone, with clear and stronger conviction, her will to promote human life by every means and to defend it against all attacks, in whatever condition or state of development it is found. Thus the Church condemns as a grave offense against human dignity and justice all those activities of governments or other public authorities which attempt to limit in any way the freedom of couples in deciding about children. Consequently, any violence applied by such authorities in favor of contraception or, still worse, of sterilization and procured abortion, must be altogether condemned and forcefully rejected. Likewise to be denounced as gravely unjust are cases where, in international relations, economic help given for the advancement of peoples is made conditional on programs of contraception, sterilization and procured abortion.“
— Pope John Paul II
Apostolic exhortation Familiaris Consortio on the role of the Christian family in the modern world, 22 November 1981, St Peter's Basilica
„After school-leaving exams we were doing creampies.“
— Pope John Paul II
A po maturach chodziliśmy na kremówki.
Spoken during Pope's last visit to his hometown Wadowice. Source: Papal Creampie https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XA2XZZEDAwY
„The Redeemer suffered in place of man and for man. Every man has his own share in the Redemption. Each one is also called to share in that suffering through which the Redemption was accomplished. He is called to share in that suffering through which all human suffering has also been redeemed. In bringing about the Redemption through suffering, Christ has also raised human suffering to the level of the Redemption. Thus each man, in his suffering, can also become a sharer in the redemptive suffering of Christ.“
— Pope John Paul II, Salvifici doloris
Apostolic Letter, Salvifici Doloris (“redemptive suffering”), 1984
Source: http://w2.vatican.va/content/john-paul-ii/en/apost_letters/1984/documents/hf_jp-ii_apl_11021984_salvifici-doloris.html
„It is helpful to recall that the death of the person is a single event, consisting in the total disintegration of that unitary and integrated whole that is the personal self. The death of the person, understood in this primary sense, is an event which no scientific technique or empirical method can identify directly.“
— Pope John Paul II
Human experience shows that once death occurs certain biological signs inevitably follow, which medicine has learnt to recognize with increasing precision. In this sense, the "criteria" for ascertaining death used by medicine today should not be understood as the technical-scientific determination of the exact moment of a person's death, but as a scientifically secure means of identifying the biological signs that a person has indeed died.
Address to the 18th International Congress of the Transplantation Society, 29 August 2000
„human being is by nature a philosopher“
— Pope John Paul II
Encyclical Fides et Ratio, 14 September 1998
Source: www.vatican.va http://www.vatican.va/holy_father/john_paul_ii/encyclicals/documents/hf_jp-ii_enc_14091998_fides-et-ratio_en.html
„Young people of every continent, do not be afraid to be the saints of the new millennium! Be contemplative, love prayer; be coherent with your faith and generous in the service of your brothers and sisters, be active members of the Church and builders of peace.“
— Pope John Paul II
Message of the Holy Father to the Youth of the World on the Occasion of the 15th World Youth Day, From the Vatican, 1999
„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 fullness of humanity. And when you wonder about your role in the future of the world and of the United States, look to Christ.“
— Pope John Paul II
Address to High School Students
Source: Libreria Editrice Vaticana http://www.vatican.va/holy_father/john_paul_ii/speeches/1979/october/documents/hf_jp-ii_spe_19791003_ny-madison-square-garden_en.html
„to argue according to rigorous rational criteria is to guarantee that the results attained are universally valid.“
— Pope John Paul II
Encyclical Fides et Ratio, 14 September 1998
Source: www.vatican.va http://www.vatican.va/holy_father/john_paul_ii/encyclicals/documents/hf_jp-ii_enc_14091998_fides-et-ratio_en.html
„faith and reason “mutually support each other”; each influences the other, as they offer to each other a purifying critique and a stimulus to pursue the search for deeper understanding“
— Pope John Paul II
Encyclical Fides et Ratio, 14 September 1998
Source: www.vatican.va http://www.vatican.va/holy_father/john_paul_ii/encyclicals/documents/hf_jp-ii_enc_14091998_fides-et-ratio_en.html
„The Jewish religion is not extrinsic, but in a certain way intrinsic to our own religion. Therefore, we have a relationship which we do not have with any other religion. You are our dearly beloved brothers, and, in a certain way, it can be said that you are our elder brothers.“
— Pope John Paul II
Address during a visit in the Great Synagogue of Rome on 13 April 1986
Source: Libreria Editrice Vaticana http://www.vatican.va/holy_father/john_paul_ii/speeches/1986/april/documents/hf_jp-ii_spe_19860413_sinagoga-roma_it.html (Italian)
„To believe it possible to know a universally valid truth is in no way to encourage intolerance; on the contrary, it is the essential condition for sincere and authentic dialogue between persons. On this basis alone is it possible to overcome divisions and to journey together towards full truth“
— Pope John Paul II
Encyclical Fides et Ratio, 14 September 1998
Source: www.vatican.va http://www.vatican.va/holy_father/john_paul_ii/encyclicals/documents/hf_jp-ii_enc_14091998_fides-et-ratio_en.html
„Never again war! Never again hatred and intolerance!“
— Pope John Paul II
Address on arrival at the Sarajevo Airport on 12 April 1997, during the pope's apostolic journey to Bosnia-Herzegovina
Source: Libreria Editrice Vaticana http://www.vatican.va/holy_father/john_paul_ii/travels/documents/hf_jp-ii_spe_12041997_sarajevo-arrival_en.html
„wars are often the cause of further wars because they fuel deep hatreds, create situations of injustice and trample upon people's dignity and rights. Wars generally do not resolve the problems for which they are fought and therefore, in addition to causing horrendous damage, they prove ultimately futile. War is a defeat for humanity. Only in peace and through peace can respect for human dignity and its inalienable rights be guaranteed.“
— Pope John Paul II
Message for the celebration of XXXIII World Day of Peace, 8 December 1999
Source: www.vatican.va http://www.vatican.va/holy_father/john_paul_ii/messages/peace/documents/hf_jp-ii_mes_08121999_xxxiii-world-day-for-peace_en.html
