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Science encourages legitimate human curiosity to know the universe and to admire and contemplate its beauty and goodness. In this way we enter into communion with God himself, who looked upon what He had created and saw that it was very good.

— Pope John Paul II, “Discourse to the Pontifical Academy of Sciences”, 26 Sep 1986  <link>

Faith Purifies Reason

…faith purifies reason. As a theological virtue, faith liberates reason from presumption, the typical temptation of the philosopher.

— Pope John Paul II, Fides et Ratio, 76  <link>

An excuse is worse and more terrible than a lie, for an excuse is a lie guarded.

— Pope John Paul II  <link>