“Truth can never be confined to time and culture; in history it is known, but it also reaches beyond history.”

—  Pope John Paul II

Encyclical Fides et Ratio, 14 September 1998 <br class="br">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

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