10 John Paul II (Pope) Quotes on War

John Paul II (Pope) quotes on war

8. 'Never again war. Never again hatred and intolerance.'

13. 'We are now standing in the face of the greatest historical confrontation humanity has ever experienced. I do not think the wide circle of the American Society, or the wide circle of the Christian Community realise this fully. We are now facing the final confrontation between the Church and the antichurch, between the Gospel and the antigospel, between Christ and the antichrist. This confrontation lies within the plans of Divine Providence. It is, therefore, in God's Plan, and it must be a trial which the Church must take up, and face courageously.'

20. 'As in the time of the swords and of the spears,so today,in the time of the missiles,before the weapon,the heart of the man kills'

41. The Holy Land needs bridges, not walls.

53. Humanity should question itself, once more, about the absurd and always unfair phenomenon of war, on whose stage of death and pain only remain standing the negotiating table that could and should have prevented it.

56. Violence and war can never resolve the problems of men.

57. War is a defeat for humanity.

58. Wars generally do not resolve the problems for which they are fought and therefore... prove ultimately futile.

59. War should belong to the tragic past, to history: it should find no place on humanity's agenda for the future.

81. This is a man who has carried the moral weight of the world for 26 years... turning himself into the only moral reference for humanity in recent years of wars and difficulties.