To suffer and to endure is the lot of humanity.
POPE LEO XIIITo suffer and to endure is the lot of humanity.
POPE LEO XIIIEvery 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.
POPE LEO XIIIInequality of rights and power proceeds from the very Author of nature.
POPE LEO XIIIPeace is built on the foundation of justice.
POPE LEO XIIIThe 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 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.
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.
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.
POPE LEO XIIIThe twentieth century must be a century of the Blessed Sacrament if it means to be a century of resurrection and of life.
POPE LEO XIIIThe 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.
POPE LEO XIIIHeart of Jesus, burning with love for us, inflame our hearts with love of Thee.
POPE LEO XIIIOnce the demands of necessity and propriety have been met, the rest that one owns belongs to the poor.
POPE LEO XIIIWages ought not to be insufficient to support a frugal and well-behaved wage-earner.
POPE LEO XIIIDivorce is born of perverted morals and leads to vicious habits.
POPE LEO XIIIWe hold upon this earth the place of God Almighty.
POPE LEO XIIIThe Church of Christ, therefore, is one and the same forever.
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