We hold upon this earth the place of God Almighty.
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.
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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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Catholics are born for combat.
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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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Inequality of rights and power proceeds from the very Author of nature.
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Wages ought not to be insufficient to support a frugal and well-behaved wage-earner.
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Every man has by nature the right to possess property as his own.
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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.
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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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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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Nothing emboldens the wicked so greatly as the lack of courage on the part of the good.
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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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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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Divorce is born of perverted morals and leads to vicious habits.
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To suffer and to endure is the lot of humanity.
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God is not only true, but Truth itself.
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