Birth: March 2, 1810 Death: July 20, 1903
The twentieth century must be a century of the Blessed Sacrament if it means to be a century of resurrection and of life.
To this must be added that the hiring of labor and the conduct of trade are concentrated in the hands of comparatively few; so that a small number of….
Everyone should avoid familiarity or friendship with anyone suspected of belonging to masonry or to affiliated groups. Know them by their fruits and ….
Our Lord came to the aid of each great tribulation with a special devotion. The present and future tribulations of the Church and of nations are grea….
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….
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….
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 roo….
It is clear that the main tenet of socialism, community of goods, must be utterly rejected, since it only injures those whom it would seem meant to b….
Catholics are born for combat..
Nothing emboldens the wicked so greatly as the lack of courage on the part of the good..
God is not only true, but Truth itself..
Inequality of rights and power proceeds from the very Author of nature..
To refuse any bond of union between man and civil society, on the one hand, and God the Creator and consequently the supreme Law-giver, on the other,….
We have seen that this great labor question cannot be solved save by assuming as a principle that private ownership must be held sacred and inviolabl….
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….
All Catholics must make themselves felt as active elements in daily political life in the countries where they live. They must penetrate, wherever po….
We have said that the State must not absorb the individual or the family; both should be allowed free and untrammelled action so far as is consistent….
It must be assumed and established as a principle, that the right of private property must be regarded as sacred. Wherefore, the law ought to favor t….
The empire of Christ the King includes not only Catholic nations, not only baptized persons who, though of right belonging to the Church, have been l….
They knew only too well the intimate bond which unites faith with worship, 'the law of belief with the law of prayer,' and so, under the pretext of r….
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….