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.
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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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.
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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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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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Inadequacy of his own strength, learned from experience, impels and urges a man to enlist the help of others.
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Our own belief is that the renovation of the world will be brought about only by the Holy Eucharist.
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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 Church of Christ, therefore, is one and the same forever.
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It is quite unlawful to demand, defend, or to grant unconditional freedom of thought, or speech, of writing or worship, as if these were so many rights given by nature to man.
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Catholics are born for combat.
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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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Heart of Jesus, burning with love for us, inflame our hearts with love of Thee.
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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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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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Wages ought not to be insufficient to support a frugal and well-behaved wage-earner.
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