This organic conception of society, the only vital conception, combines a noble humanism with the genuine Christian spirit, and it bears the inscription from Holy Writ which St. Thomas has explained: "The work of justice shall be peace"; a text… — Pope Pius XI Copy Share Image
One should not withdraw from individuals and commit to the community what they can accomplish by their own enterprise and industry — Pope Pius XI Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
It is not possible for Christians to take part in anti-Semitism. We are Semites spiritually. — Pope Pius XI Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
Communism teaches and seeks two objectives: unrelenting class warfare and the complete eradication of private ownership — Pope Pius XI Copy Share Image
No vicarious charity can substitute for justice which is due as an obligation and is wrongfully denied. — Pope Pius XI Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
Christ's commandment to hear the Church . . . is binding on all men, in every period, and every country. — Pope Pius XI Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
