Mankind is a great, an immense family... This is proved by what we feel in our hearts at Christmas.
Pope John XXIIIThe Catholic Church has a dignity far surpassing that of every merely human society, for it was founded by Christ the Lord. It is altogether fitting, therefore, that the language it uses should be noble, majestic, and non-vernacular.
Pope John XXIIIBefore everything else, fidelity to the Church: One, Holy, Catholic, and Apostolic. Jesus did not found several churches, but one single Church.
Pope John XXIII