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.
POPE LEO XIIIEvery man has by nature the right to possess property as his own.
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Peace is built on the foundation of justice.
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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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Divorce is born of perverted morals and leads to vicious habits.
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The fact that God gave the whole human race the earth to use and enjoy cannot indeed in any manner serve as an objection against private possessions.
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The twentieth century must be a century of the Blessed Sacrament if it means to be a century of resurrection and of life.
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Moreover, Christians are born for combat, whereof the greater the vehemence, the more assured, God willing, the triumph: ‘Have confidence; I have overcome the world’
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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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Nothing emboldens the wicked so greatly as the lack of courage on the part of the good.
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Inequality of rights and power proceeds from the very Author of nature.
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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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Heart of Jesus, burning with love for us, inflame our hearts with love of Thee.
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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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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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To suffer and to endure is the lot of humanity.
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