It is an in, a grave evil and a disturbance of the right order, for a larger and higher organisation, to arrogate to itself functions which can be performed efficiently by smaller and lower bodies.
POPE LEO XIIIThe liberty of thinking and publishing whatsoever each one likes, without any hindrances, is not in itself an advantage over which society can wisely rejoice. On the contrary, it is the fountainhead and origin of many evils.
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Moreover, Christians are born for combat, whereof the greater the vehemence, the more assured, God willing, the triumph: ‘Have confidence; I have overcome the world’
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We hold upon this earth the place of God Almighty.
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Every man has by nature the right to possess property as his own. This is one of the chief points of distinction between man and the animal creation.
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Catholics are born for combat.
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It is not the part of prudence to neglect that which antiquity in its long experience has approved and which is also taught by apostolic authority.
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The twentieth century must be a century of the Blessed Sacrament if it means to be a century of resurrection and of life.
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The liberty of thinking and publishing whatsoever each one likes, without any hindrances, is not in itself an advantage over which society can wisely rejoice. On the contrary, it is the fountainhead and origin of many evils.
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The devotion which God sends to the succor of His Church and of the nations at the present time is the devotion to the Most Holy Eucharist. It is the highest of all devotions.
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Nothing emboldens the wicked so greatly as the lack of courage on the part of the good.
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The first law of history is to dread uttering a falsehood; the next is not to fear stating the truth; lastly, the historian’s writings should be open to no suspicion of partiality or animosity.
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You are not to be looked upon as holding the true Catholic faith if you do not teach that the faith of Rome is to be held
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The Rosary offers an easy way to present the chief mysteries of the Christian religion and to impress then upon the mind.
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No human law can abolish the natural and original right of marriage, nor in any way limit the chief and principal purpose of marriage ordained by God’s authority from the beginning: “Increase and multiply.
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The Church of Christ, therefore, is one and the same forever.
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God is not only true, but Truth itself.
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