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 XIIIMoreover, Christians are born for combat, whereof the greater the vehemence, the more assured, God willing, the triumph: ‘Have confidence; I have overcome the world’
More Pope Leo XIII Quotes
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Catholics are born for combat.
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There is in the Sacred Heart the symbol and express image of the infinite love of Jesus Christ which moves us to love in return.
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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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Inequality of rights and power proceeds from the very Author of nature.
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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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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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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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Heart of Jesus, burning with love for us, inflame our hearts with love of Thee.
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The equal toleration of all religions…is the same as atheism.
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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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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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Nothing is more important than to war on war.
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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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Every man has by nature the right to possess property as his own.
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Wages ought not to be insufficient to support a frugal and well-behaved wage-earner.
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