The organic constitution of the Church is not immutable; but Christian society, just as human society, is subject to perpetual evolution.

To heal the breach between the rich and the poor, it is necessary to distinguish between justice and charity.

I was born poor, I have lived poor, I wish to die poor.

The daily adoration or visit to the Blessed Sacrament is the practice which is the fountainhead of all devotional works

The Church alone, being the Bride of Christ and having all things in common with her Divine Spouse, is the depository of the truth.

Let the storm rage and the sky darken - not for that shall we be dismayed. If we trust as we should in Mary, we shall recognize in her, the Virgin Most Powerful "who with virginal foot did crush the head of the serpent.

I accept with sincere belief the doctrine of faith as handed down to us from the Apostles by the orthodox Fathers, always in the same sense and with the same interpretation.