We Are The People Of Life, Because

Around The World, We Can See The Results Of Exploitation Which Destroys Much Without Taking Future Generations Into Account. Today, All Men Have A Duty To Show Themselves Worthy Of The Mission Given Them By The Creator By Ensuring The Safekeeping Of That Creation.

True Holiness Does Not Mean A Flight From The World; Rather, It Lies In The Effort To Incarnate The Gospel In Everyday Life, In The Family, At School And At Work, And In Social And Political Involvement.

It Is Important For America That The Moral Truths Which Make Freedom Possible Should Be Passed On To Each New Generation. Every Generation Of Americans Needs To Know That Freedom Consists Not In Doing What We Like, But In Having The Right To Do What We Ought. ... Christ Asks Us To Guard The Truth Because, As He Promised Us: "you Will Know The Truth And The Truth Will Make You Free." Depositum Custodi! We Must Guard The Truth That Is The Condition Of Authentic Freedom, The Truth That Allows Freedoms To Be Fulfilled In Goodness. We Must Guard The Deposit Of Divine Truth Handed Down To Us.

Every Act Of Reverence, Every Genuflection That You Make Before The Blessed Sacrament Is Important Because It Is An Act Of Faith In Christ, And Act Of Love For Christ. And Every Sign Of The Cross And Gesture Of Respect Made Each Time You Pass A Church Is Also An Act Of Faith.

The Most Profound And Serious Indication Of The Moral Implications Underlying The Ecological Problem Is The Lack Of Respect For Life Evident In Many Of The Patterns Of Environmental Pollution.