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 name and his eternal salvation as he ought to value them. Let no… — Pope Leo XIII Copy Share Image
It must be assumed and established as a principle, that the right of private property must be regarded as sacred. Wherefore, the law ought… — Pope Leo XIII Copy Share Image
But the supreme teacher in the Church is the Roman Pontiff. Union of minds, therefore, requires, together with a perfect accord in the one… — Pope Leo XIII Copy Share Image
It is an in, a grave evil and a disturbance of the right order, for a larger and higher organisation, to arrogate to itself… — Pope Leo XIII Copy Share Image
Books of apostates, heretics, schismatics, and all other writers defending heresy or schism or in any attacking the foundations of religion, are altogether prohibited. — Pope Leo XIII Copy Share Image
For when men know they are working on what belongs to them, they work with far greater eagerness and diligence. Nay, in a word,… — Pope Leo XIII Copy Share Image
It is neither just nor human so to grind men down with excessive labour as to stupefy their minds and wear out their bodies. — Pope Leo XIII Copy Share Image
We have said that the State must not absorb the individual or the family; both should be allowed free and untrammelled action so far… — Pope Leo XIII Copy Share Image
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… — Pope Leo XIII Copy Share Image
Moreover, Christians are born for combat, whereof the greater the vehemence, the more assured, God willing, the triumph: 'Have confidence; I have overcome the… — Pope Leo XIII Copy Share Image
As Our Predecessors have many times repeated, let no man think that he may for any reason whatsoever join the Masonic sect, if he… — Pope Leo XIII Copy Share Image
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… — Pope Leo XIII Copy Share Image
It is clear that the main tenet of socialism, community of goods, must be utterly rejected, since it only injures those whom it would… — Pope Leo XIII Copy Share Image
