--- title: "2 Catholic-mass Quotes By Pope Pius XII" description: "2 Catholic-mass quotes by Pope Pius XII. Plus more from Pope Pius XII and more Catholic-mass sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d84/pope-pius-xii-10088_catholic_62-it-is-neither-wise-nor-laudable-to-re_2160731.jpg" --- > [“62. It is neither wise nor laudable to reduce everything to antiquity by every possible device. Thus, to cite some instances, one would be straying from the straight path were he to wish the altar restored to its primitive table…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pope-pius-xii/62-it-is-neither-wise-nor-laudable-to-reduce-everything-to-antiquity/) [Pope Pius XII](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pope-pius-xii/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d84/pope-pius-xii-10088_catholic_62-it-is-neither-wise-nor-laudable-to-re_2160731.jpg) > [“60. The use of the Latin language customary in a considerable portion of the Church is a manifest and beautiful sign of unity, as well as an effective antidote for any corruption of doctrine truth.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pope-pius-xii/60-the-use-of-the-latin-language-customary-in-a-considerable-portion/) [Pope Pius XII](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pope-pius-xii/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d6a/pope-pius-xii-10088_catholic_60-the-use-of-the-latin-language-customa_3185043.jpg) ## More by Pope Pius XII > [The Church welcomes technological progress and receives it with love, for it is an indubitable fact that technological progress comes from God and, therefore,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pope-pius-xii/the-church-welcomes-technological-progress-and-receives-it-with-love/) [Pope Pius XII](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pope-pius-xii/) > [ Human society is not a machine, and it must not be made such, even in the economic field… Access to employment \[shall not be\]… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pope-pius-xii/human-society-is-not-a-machine-and-it-must-not-be-made-such-even-in/) [Pope Pius XII](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pope-pius-xii/) > [If a worker is deprived of hope to acquire some personal property, what other natural stimulus can be offered him that will inspire him…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pope-pius-xii/if-a-worker-is-deprived-of-hope-to-acquire-some-personal-property/) [Pope Pius XII](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pope-pius-xii/) > [Feeding the birds is also a form of prayer.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pope-pius-xii/feeding-the-birds-is-also-a-form-of-prayer/) [Pope Pius XII](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pope-pius-xii/) > [ \[Parental\] authority must be tempered...with loving kindness and patient encouragement. To temper authority with kindness is to triumph in the struggle which belongs to… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pope-pius-xii/parental-authority-must-be-tempered-with-loving-kindness-and-patient/) [Pope Pius XII](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pope-pius-xii/) > [The faith of the Church is this: That one and identical is the Word of God and the Son of Mary Who suffered on…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pope-pius-xii/the-faith-of-the-church-is-this-that-one-and-identical-is-the-word-of/) [Pope Pius XII](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pope-pius-xii/) > [Bodily pain affects man as a whole down to the deepest layers of his moral being. It forces him to face again the fundamental…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pope-pius-xii/bodily-pain-affects-man-as-a-whole-down-to-the-deepest-layers-of-his/) [Pope Pius XII](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pope-pius-xii/) > [How many young girls there are who do not see any wrongdoing in following certain shameless styles like so many sheep. They certainly would…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pope-pius-xii/how-many-young-girls-there-are-who-do-not-see-any-wrongdoing-in/) [Pope Pius XII](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pope-pius-xii/) > [Henceforth it will be the task of this Sacred Congregation not only to examine carefully the books denounced to it, to prohibit them if…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pope-pius-xii/henceforth-it-will-be-the-task-of-this-sacred-congregation-not-only/) [Pope Pius XII](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pope-pius-xii/) > [The most insidious of sophisms are usually repeated to justify immodesty and seem to be the same everywhere.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pope-pius-xii/the-most-insidious-of-sophisms-are-usually-repeated-to-justify/) [Pope Pius XII](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pope-pius-xii/) > [These principles have been proclaimed by God, by the Church, by the Saints, by Christian reason and morals.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pope-pius-xii/these-principles-have-been-proclaimed-by-god-by-the-church-by-the/) [Pope Pius XII](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pope-pius-xii/) > [The day the Church abandons Her universal tongue will be the day before She returns to the Catecombs.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pope-pius-xii/the-day-the-church-abandons-her-universal-tongue-will-be-the-day/) [Pope Pius XII](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pope-pius-xii/) > [To separate tabernacle from altar is to separate two things which by their origin and nature should remain united.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pope-pius-xii/to-separate-tabernacle-from-altar-is-to-separate-two-things-which-by/) [Pope Pius XII](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pope-pius-xii/) > [Nothing is lost by peace; everything may be lost by war.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pope-pius-xii/nothing-is-lost-by-peace-everything-may-be-lost-by-war/) [Pope Pius XII](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pope-pius-xii/) > [One Galileo in two thousand years is enough.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pope-pius-xii/one-galileo-in-two-thousand-years-is-enough/) [Pope Pius XII](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pope-pius-xii/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/catholic-mass/pope-pius-xii/#itemlist", "name": "2 Catholic-mass Quotes By Pope Pius XII", "numberOfItems": 2, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“62. 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