The Catholic Church holds that it is not admissible to ordain women to the priesthood, for very fundamental reasons. These reasons include: the example recorded in the Sacred Scriptures of Christ choosing His apostles only from among men; the constant… — Pope Paul VI Copy Share Image
For you deal here above all with human life, and human life is sacred; no one may dare make an attempt upon it. Respect… — Pope Paul VI Copy Share Image
“To love can mean 'to love oneself,' and often love is no more than a juxtaposition of two solitudes.” — Pope Paul VI Copy Share Image
The unique and indivisible existence of the Lord glorious in heaven, is not multiplied, but is rendered present by the sacrament in the many… — Pope Paul VI Copy Share Image
Twenty-two martyrs were recognized, but there were many more, and not only Catholics. There were also Anglicans and some Mohammedans. — Pope Paul VI Copy Share Image
Peace is not merely the absence of war. Nor can it be reduced solely to the maintenance of a balance of power between enemies.… — Pope Paul VI Copy Share Image
Christ did not found an abstract religion, a mere school of religious thought. He setup a community of apostles, of teachers, with the task… — Pope Paul VI Copy Share Image
Marriage and conjugal love are by their nature ordained toward the procreation and education of children. Children are really the supreme gift of marriage… — Pope Paul VI Copy Share Image
Every mother is like Moses. She does not enter the promised land. She prepares a world she will not see. — Pope Paul VI Copy Share Image
We see in these swift and skillful travelers a symbol of our life, which seeks to be a pilgrimage and a passage on this… — Pope Paul VI Copy Share Image
After long centuries, agrarian civilization is weakening. Is sufficient attention being devoted to the arrangement and improvement of the life of the country people,… — Pope Paul VI Copy Share Image
The world calls for and expects from us simplicity of life, the spirit of prayer, charity towards all, especially towards the lowly and the… — Pope Paul VI Copy Share Image
