But the supreme teacher in the Church is the Roman Pontiff. Union of minds, therefore, requires, together with a perfect accord in the one faith, complete submission and obedience of will to the Church and to the Roman Pontiff, as to God Himself.
POPE LEO XIIINo 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.
More Pope Leo XIII Quotes
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Inadequacy of his own strength, learned from experience, impels and urges a man to enlist the help of others.
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The Church of Christ, therefore, is one and the same forever.
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We are convinced that the Rosary, if devotely used is bound to benefit not only the individual but society at large.
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Heart of Jesus, burning with love for us, inflame our hearts with love of Thee.
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The present age handed over the workers, each alone and defenseless, to the unbridled greed of competitors… so that a very few and exceedingly rich men have laid a yoke of almost slavery on the unnumbered masses of non-owning workers.
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We hold upon this earth the place of God Almighty.
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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.
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Catholics are born for combat.
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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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Books of apostates, heretics, schismatics, and all other writers defending heresy or schism or in any attacking the foundations of religion, are altogether prohibited.
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Once the demands of necessity and propriety have been met, the rest that one owns belongs to the poor.
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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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It is shameful and inhuman to treat men like chattels to make money by, or to regard them merely as so much muscle or physical power.
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