Man is called to a fullness of life which far exceeds the dimensions of his earthly existence, because it consists in sharing the very life of God. The loftiness of this supernatural vocation reveals the greatness and the inestimable value of human life even in its temporal phase.


Encyclical Evangelium vitae, 25 March 1995


Man is called to a fullness of life which far exceeds the dimensions of his earthly existence, because it consists in sharing the very life of God....

Man is called to a fullness of life which far exceeds the dimensions of his earthly existence, because it consists in sharing the very life of God....

Man is called to a fullness of life which far exceeds the dimensions of his earthly existence, because it consists in sharing the very life of God....

Man is called to a fullness of life which far exceeds the dimensions of his earthly existence, because it consists in sharing the very life of God....