"The greatest obstacle in the apostolate of the……" — Pope Pius X
"The greatest obstacle in the apostolate of the Church is the timidity or rather the cowardice of the faithful."
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23 Quotes by Pope Pius X
Pope Pius X has 23 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:
- Once for all beloved children, the surest, easiest, shortest way is by the Eucharist. It is so easy to approach…
- The surest, easiest, shortest way is the Eucharist
- The daily adoration or visit to the Blessed Sacrament is the practice which is the fountainhead of all devotional works
- I accept with sincere belief the doctrine of faith as handed down to us from the Apostles by the orthodox…
- The proposition that the principal articles of the Apostles' Creed did not have the same meaning for the Christians of…
- It is an error to believe that Christ did not teach a determined body of doctrine applicable to all times…
- The Church alone, being the Bride of Christ and having all things in common with her Divine Spouse, is the…
- Holy Communion is the shortest and safest way to heaven.
- It is impossible to approve in Catholic publications of a style inspired by unsound novelty which seems to deride the…
- Far, far from the clergy be the love of novelty!
- The true friends of the people are neither revolutionaries, nor innovators, but traditionalists.
- The organic constitution of the Church is not immutable; but Christian society, just as human society, is subject to perpetual…
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