It is neither just nor human so to grind men down with excessive labour as to stupefy their minds and wear out their bodies.

We hold upon this earth the place of God Almighty.

The twentieth century must be a century of the Blessed Sacrament if it means to be a century of resurrection and of life

Our own belief is that the renovation of the world will be brought about only by the Holy Eucharist.

For what concerns diversity of rites in the sacred liturgy, the Apostolic See has always made its position clear: not only it does not condemn diversity, but it eagerly and willingly grants to each nation the right to keep and preserve the legitimate customs and traditions of its forbears.

To refuse any bond of union between man and civil society, on the one hand, and God the Creator and consequently the supreme Law-giver, on the other, is plainly repugnant to the nature, not only of man, but of all created things; for, of necessity, all effects must in some proper way be connected with their cause; and it belongs to the perfection of every nature to contain itself within that sphere and grade which the order of nature has assigned to it, namely, that the lower should be subject and obedient to the higher.

You are not to be looked upon as holding the true Catholic faith if you do not teach that the faith of Rome is to be held