It must be assumed and established as a principle, that the right of private property must be regarded as sacred. Wherefore, the law ought to favor this right and, so far as it can, see that the largest possible number among the masses of the population prefer to own property.... But if the productive activity of the multitude can be stimulated by the hope of acquiring some property... , it will gradually come to pass that, with the difference between extreme wealth and extreme penury removed, one class will become the neighbor to the other.
Pope Leo XIIIThere is in the Sacred Heart the symbol and express image of the infinite love of Jesus Christ which moves us to love in return.
Pope Leo XIIINo human law can abolish the natural and original right of marriage, nor in any way limit the chief and principal purpose of marriage ordained by Godโs authority from the beginning: โIncrease and multiply.
Pope Leo XIIIWe are convinced that the Rosary, if devotely used is bound to benefit not only the individual but society at large.
Pope Leo XIIIThe fact that God gave the whole human race the earth to use and enjoy cannot indeed in any manner serve as an objection against private possessions.
Pope Leo XIII