Religion Quotes by Pope Pius XII

9 Religion quotes by Pope Pius XII

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Pope Pius XII’s nine brief remarks on faith convey the solemnity of papal teaching. Though limited in number, each line carries a weighty theological tone.

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True Christianity today is not different from primitive Christianity ... She remains what she has been since her foundation: always the same.

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The day the Church abandons Her universal tongue will be the day before She returns to the Catecombs.

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[A] high minded gallantry in defense of the foundations of Christian culture.

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To separate tabernacle from altar is to separate two things which by their origin and nature should remain united.

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“60. The use of the Latin language customary in a considerable portion of the Church is a manifest and beautiful sign of…

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"Render unto Caesar the things which are Caesar's and unto God the things which are God's." One would like to add: Give…

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The preaching of the faith has lost nothing of its relevance in our times. The Church has a sacred duty to proclaim…

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This practice of adoration is based on strong and solid reasons. For the Eucharist is at once a sacrifice and a sacrament;…

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The good of our soul is more important than that of our body; and we have to prefer the spiritual welfare of…

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Feeding the birds is also a form of prayer.

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[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…

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The faith of the Church is this: That one and identical is the Word of God and the Son of Mary Who suffered on…

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Bodily pain affects man as a whole down to the deepest layers of his moral being. It forces him to face again the fundamental…

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How many young girls there are who do not see any wrongdoing in following certain shameless styles like so many sheep. They certainly would…

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Henceforth it will be the task of this Sacred Congregation not only to examine carefully the books denounced to it, to prohibit them if…

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The most insidious of sophisms are usually repeated to justify immodesty and seem to be the same everywhere.

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These principles have been proclaimed by God, by the Church, by the Saints, by Christian reason and morals.

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The day the Church abandons Her universal tongue will be the day before She returns to the Catecombs.

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To separate tabernacle from altar is to separate two things which by their origin and nature should remain united.

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Nothing is lost by peace; everything may be lost by war.

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One Galileo in two thousand years is enough.

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