A Quote by Pope John Paul II

Faced with today's problems and disappointments , many people will try to escape from their responsibility. Escape in selfishness, escape in sexual pleasure, escape in drugs, escape in violence, escape in indifference and cynical attitudes. I propose to you the option of love, which is the opposite of escape.

Pope John Paul II

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Pope John Paul II
Polish - Saint
May 18, 1920 - April 2, 2005

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