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.
POPE LEO XIIIOnce the demands of necessity and propriety have been met, the rest that one owns belongs to the poor.
More Pope Leo XIII Quotes
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Nothing is more important than to war on war.
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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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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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Inadequacy of his own strength, learned from experience, impels and urges a man to enlist the help of others.
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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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Heart of Jesus, burning with love for us, inflame our hearts with love of Thee.
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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.
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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 is the most excellent form of prayer and the most efficacious means of attaining eternal life. It is the remedy for all our evils, the root of all our blessings. There is no more excellent way of praying.
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Peace is built on the foundation of justice.
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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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Catholics are born for combat.
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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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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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Not only, in strict truth, was marriage instituted for the propagation of the human race, but also that the lives of husbands and wives might be made better and happier.
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