The observance of Lent is the very badge of Christian warfare. By it we prove ourselves not to be enemies of Christ. By it we avert the scourges of divine justice. By it we gain strength against the princes of… — Pope Benedict XIV Copy Share Image
Pope Gelasius in his ninth letter (chap. 26) to the bishops of Lucania condemned the evil practice which had been introduced of women serving the priest at the celebration of Mass. Since this abuse had spread to the Greeks, Innocent IV strictly forbade it in his letter to the bishop of Tusculum: 'Women should not dare to serve at the… — Pope Benedict XIV Copy Share
We declare that a great number of those who are condemned to eternal punishment suffer that everlasting calamity because of ignorance of those mysteries… — Pope Benedict XIV Copy Share Image
The first consideration is that the ceremonies of the Mosaic Law were abrogated by the coming of Christ and that they can no longer… — Pope Benedict XIV Copy Share Image
The Holy Apostolic See and the Roman Pontiff have primacy in the entire world. The Roman Pontiff is the Successor of Blessed Peter, the… — Pope Benedict XIV Copy Share Image
The observance of Lent is the very badge of Christian warfare. By it we prove ourselves not to be enemies of Christ. By it… — Pope Benedict XIV Copy Share Image
If anyone dared to assert that the Pontiff had erred in this or that canonisation, we shall say that he is, if not a… — Pope Benedict XIV Copy Share Image
