Character Quote by Pope Pius XII

The Church welcomes technological progress and receives it with love, for it is an indubitable fact that technological progress comes from God and, therefore,…

— Pope Pius XII

Human society is not a machine, and it must not be made such, even in the economic field… Access to employment [shall not be]…

— Pope Pius XII

If a worker is deprived of hope to acquire some personal property, what other natural stimulus can be offered him that will inspire him…

— Pope Pius XII

Feeding the birds is also a form of prayer.

— Pope Pius XII

[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…

— Pope Pius XII

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

— Pope Pius XII

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

— Pope Pius XII

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

— Pope Pius XII

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

— Pope Pius XII

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

— Pope Pius XII

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

— Pope Pius XII

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

— Pope Pius XII