Birth: March 2, 1810 Death: July 20, 1903
Catholics are born for combat..
Nothing emboldens the wicked so greatly as the lack of courage on the part of the good..
Our own belief is that the renovation of the world will be brought about only by the Holy Eucharist..
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….
Remember and understand well that where Peter is, there is the Church; that those who refuse to associate in communion with the Chair of Peter belong….
For when men know they are working on what belongs to them, they work with far greater eagerness and diligence. Nay, in a word, they learn to love th….
For what concerns diversity of rites in the sacred liturgy, the Apostolic See has always made its position clear: not only it does not condemn divers….
The equal toleration of all religions...is the same as atheism..
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,….
Thoughtful men, with hearts craving the truth, have come to seek in the Catholic Church the road which leads with surety to eternal life. They have u….
These most crafty enemies [the devils] have filled and inebriated with gall and bitterness the Church, the spouse of the Immaculate Lamb, and have la….
Whoso turns his attention to the bitter strifes of these days and seeks a reason for the troubles that vex public and private life must come to the c….
You are not to be looked upon as holding the true Catholic faith if you do not teach that the faith of Rome is to be held.
Inasmuch as the domestic household is antecedent, as well as in idea as in fact, the family must necessarily have rights and duties which are prior t….
The Church of Christ, therefore, is one and the same forever..
It is an in, a grave evil and a disturbance of the right order, for a larger and higher organisation, to arrogate to itself functions which can be pe….
Inequality of rights and power proceeds from the very Author of nature..
Wages ought not to be insufficient to support a frugal and well-behaved wage-earner..
The Rosary offers an easy way to present the chief mysteries of the Christian religion and to impress then upon the mind..
We are convinced that the Rosary, if devotely used is bound to benefit not only the individual but society at large..
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..