Birth: March 2, 1810 Death: July 20, 1903
We hold upon this earth the place of God Almighty..
No one is so rich that he does not need another's help; no one so poor as not to be useful in some way to his fellow man; and the disposition to ask ….
The sacred rites, although not instituted specifically for proving the truth of the dogmas of the Catholic Faith incontrovertibly, are effectively th….
There are three influences which appear to Us to have the chief place in effecting this downgrade movement of society. These are-first, the distaste ….
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….
It is not the part of prudence to neglect that which antiquity in its long experience has approved and which is also taught by apostolic authority..
Books of apostates, heretics, schismatics, and all other writers defending heresy or schism or in any attacking the foundations of religion, are alto….
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..
If unbridled licence of speech and writing be granted to all, nothing will remain sacred and inviolate; even the highest and truest mandates of natur….
The Rosary offers an easy way to present the chief mysteries of the Christian religion and to impress then upon the mind..
Wages ought not to be insufficient to support a frugal and well-behaved wage-earner..
People differ in capacity, skill, health, strength; and unequal fortune is a necessary result of unequal condition. Such inequality is far from being….
We are convinced that the Rosary, if devotely used is bound to benefit not only the individual but society at large..
Hence from all we have hitherto said, it is clear beloved Catholics that we cannot approve the opinions which some [Protestants, Jews, and other here….
To the shepherds alone was given all power to teach, to judge, to direct; on the faithful was imposed the duty of following their teaching, of submit….
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….
The death sentence is a necessary and efficacious means for the Church to attain its end when rebels act against it and disturbers of the ecclesiasti….
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….
To suffer and to endure is the lot of humanity..
Nothing is more important than to war on war..
As Our Predecessors have many times repeated, let no man think that he may for any reason whatsoever join the Masonic sect, if he values his Catholic….