Quotes from Pope Pius XI

Justice requires that to lawfully constituted Authority there be given that respect and obedience which is its due; that the laws which are made shall be in wise conformity with the common good; and that, as a matter of conscience all men shall render obedience to these laws.

The so-called method of co-education is false in theory and hamful to Christian training.

Furthermore, in this one Church of Christ no man can be or remain who does not accept, recognize and obey the authority and supremacy of Peter and his legitimate successors.

Christ's commandment to hear the Church . . . is binding on all men, in every period, and every country.

However we may pity the mother whose health and even life is imperiled by the performance of her natural duty, there yet remains no sufficient reason for condoning the direct murder of the innocent.

Capitalism itself is not to be condemned. And surely it is not vicious of its very nature, but it has been vitiated.

We must therefore take account of this changeable nature of things and of human institutions and prepare for them with enlightened foresight.

Education belongs pre-eminently to the church ... neutral or lay schools from which religion is excluded are contrary to the fundamental principles of education.

When once men recognize, both in private and in public life, that Christ is King, society will at last receive the great blessings of real liberty, well-ordered discipline, peace and harmony.

It is not possible for Christians to take part in anti-Semitism. We are Semites spiritually.

No one can be, at the same time, a sincere Catholic and a true Socialist.

No vicarious charity can substitute for justice which is due as an obligation and is wrongfully denied.

It will be impossible to put these principles into practice unless the non-owning workers through industry and thrift advance to the state of possessing some little property.

"Religious Socialism," "Christian Socialism," are expressions implying a contradiction in terms.

We lament, too, the destruction of purity among women and young girls as is evidenced by the increasing immodesty of their dress and conversation and by their participation in shameful dances.

Catholics can in no way convince themselves that so enormous and unjust an in equality in the distribution of this world's goods truly conforms to the designs of the all-wise Creator.

The family is more sacred than the state.