The family was ordained of God that children might be trained up for himself; it was before the church, or rather the first form of the church on earth.
POPE LEO XIIIOnce the demands of necessity and propriety have been met, the rest that one owns belongs to the poor.
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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 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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Nothing emboldens the wicked so greatly as the lack of courage on the part of the good.
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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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God is not only true, but Truth itself.
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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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It is neither just nor human so to grind men down with excessive labour as to stupefy their minds and wear out their bodies.
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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 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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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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Divorce is born of perverted morals and leads to vicious habits.
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The equal toleration of all religions…is the same as atheism.
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Wages ought not to be insufficient to support a frugal and well-behaved wage-earner.
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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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