Religion Quotes by Pope Pius XI

One should not withdraw from individuals and commit to the community what they can accomplish by their own enterprise and industry

— Pope Pius XI

For what will it profit men that a more prudent distribution and use of riches make it possible for them to gain even the…

— Pope Pius XI

For they have always unanimously maintained that nature, rather the Creator Himself, has given man the right of private ownership not only that individuals…

— Pope Pius XI

It is not possible for Christians to take part in anti-Semitism. We are Semites spiritually.

— Pope Pius XI

What could ever be a sufficient reason for excusing in any way the direct murder of the innocent? This is precisely what we are…

— Pope Pius XI

Education belongs pre-eminently to the church ... neutral or lay schools from which religion is excluded are contrary to the fundamental principles of education.

— Pope Pius XI

Communism teaches and seeks two objectives: unrelenting class warfare and the complete eradication of private ownership

— Pope Pius XI

No vicarious charity can substitute for justice which is due as an obligation and is wrongfully denied.

— Pope Pius XI

In his laborious efforts to attain mountaintops, where the air is lighter and purer, the climber gains new strength of limb. In the endeavor…

— Pope Pius XI

Christ's commandment to hear the Church . . . is binding on all men, in every period, and every country.

— Pope Pius XI

Justice requires that to lawfully constituted Authority there be given that respect and obedience which is its due; that the laws which are made…

— Pope Pius XI

Always moved by religious motives, the Church has condemned the various forms of Marxist Socialism; and she condemns them today, because it is her…

— Pope Pius XI

In the present state of human society, however, We deem it advisable that the wage-contract should, when possible, be modified somewhat by a contract…

— Pope Pius XI

Among the various supplications with which we successfully appeal to the Virgin Mother of God, the Holy Rosary without doubt occupies a special and…

— Pope Pius XI

The Rosary is a powerful weapon to put the demons to flight and to keep oneself from sin…If you desire peace in your hearts,…

— Pope Pius XI