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The equal toleration of all religions...is the same as atheism.

Pope Leo XIII

Atheism, Equal, Toleration

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Nothing emboldens the wicked so greatly as the lack of courage on the part of the good.

Pope Leo XIII

Wicked

Pope Leo XIII (1990). “A Light in the Heavens: Great Encyclical Letters of Pope Leo XIII”, p.130, TAN Books

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No one is so rich that he does not need another's help; no one so poor as not to be useful in some way to his fellow man; and the disposition to ask assistance from others with confidence and to grant it with kindness is part of our very nature.

Pope Leo XIII

Kindness, Men, Doe

Pope Leo XIII (1990). “A Light in the Heavens: Great Encyclical Letters of Pope Leo XIII”, p.322, TAN Books

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Catholics are born for combat.

Pope Leo XIII

Catholic, Born, Combat

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The Rosary is the most excellent form of prayer and the most efficacious means of attaining eternal life. It is the remedy for all our evils, the root of all our blessings. There is no more excellent way of praying.

Pope Leo XIII

Prayer, Mean, Blessing

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Peace is built on the foundation of justice.

Pope Leo XIII

Justice, Foundation, Catholicism

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The death sentence is a necessary and efficacious means for the Church to attain its end when rebels act against it and disturbers of the ecclesiastical unity, especially obstinate heretics and heresiarchs, cannot be restrained by any other penalty from continuing to derange the ecclesiastical order and impelling others to all sorts of crime ... When the perversity of one or several is calculated to bring about the ruin of many of its children it is bound effectively to remove it, in such wise that if there be no other remedy for saving its people it can and must put these wicked men to death.

Pope Leo XIII

Wise, Children, Mean

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God is not only true, but Truth itself.

Pope Leo XIII

Catholic

Pope Leo XIII (1990). “A Light in the Heavens: Great Encyclical Letters of Pope Leo XIII”, p.36, TAN Books

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Everyone should avoid familiarity or friendship with anyone suspected of belonging to masonry or to affiliated groups. Know them by their fruits and avoid them. Every familiarity should be avoided, not only with those impious libertines who openly promote the character of the sect, but also with those who hide under the mask of universal tolerance, respect for all religions, and the craving to reconcile the maxims of the Gospel with those of the revolution. These men seek to reconcile Christ and Belial, the Church of God and the state without God.

Pope Leo XIII

Powerful, Character, Men

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Once the demands of necessity and propriety have been met, the rest that one owns belongs to the poor.

Pope Leo XIII

Demand, Poor, Mets

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It is clear that the main tenet of socialism, community of goods, must be utterly rejected, since it only injures those whom it would seem meant to benefit, is directly contrary to the natural rights of mankind, and would introduce confusion and disorder into the commonweal. The first and most fundamental principle, therefore, if one would undertake to alleviate the condition of the masses, must be the inviolability of private property.

Pope Leo XIII

Wisdom, Rights, Confusion

Pope Leo XIII (1990). “A Light in the Heavens: Great Encyclical Letters of Pope Leo XIII”, p.148, TAN Books

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No 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 God’s authority from the beginning: “Increase and multiply.

Pope Leo XIII

Law, Purpose, Way

Pope Leo XIII (1990). “A Light in the Heavens: Great Encyclical Letters of Pope Leo XIII”, p.147, TAN Books

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It is shameful and inhuman to treat men like chattels to make money by, or to regard them merely as so much muscle or physical power.

Pope Leo XIII

Men, Making Money, Treats

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Remember and understand well that where Peter is, there is the Church; that those who refuse to associate in communion with the Chair of Peter belong to Antichrist, not to Christ. He who would separate himself from the Roman Pontiff has no further bond with Christ.

Pope Leo XIII

Church, Remember, Christ

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All Catholics must make themselves felt as active elements in daily political life in the countries where they live. They must penetrate, wherever possible, in the administration of civil affairs; must constantly exert the utmost vigilance and energy to prevent the usages of liberty from going beyond the limits fixed by God's law. All Catholics should do all in their power to cause the constitutions of states and legislation to be modeled on the principles of the true Church.

Pope Leo XIII

Country, Law, Scary

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There are three influences which appear to Us to have the chief place in effecting this downgrade movement of society. These are-first, the distaste for a simple and laborious life; secondly, repugnance to suffering of any kind; thirdly, the forgetfulness of the future life.

Pope Leo XIII

Simple, Suffering, Three

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

Pope Leo XIII

Men, Mind, Body

Pope Leo XIII (1990). “A Light in the Heavens: Great Encyclical Letters of Pope Leo XIII”, p.159, TAN Books

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To suffer and to endure is the lot of humanity.

Pope Leo XIII

Humanity, Suffering, Endure

"The Pope and the People: Select Letters and Addresses on Social Questions".

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It is quite unlawful to demand, defend, or to grant unconditional freedom of thought, or speech, of writing or worship, as if these were so many rights given by nature to man.

Pope Leo XIII

Religious, Writing, Men

Pope Leo XIII (1990). “A Light in the Heavens: Great Encyclical Letters of Pope Leo XIII”, p.113, TAN Books

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We have seen that this great labor question cannot be solved save by assuming as a principle that private ownership must be held sacred and inviolable. The law, therefore, should favor ownership, and its policy should be to induce as many as possible of the people to become owners.

Pope Leo XIII

Wisdom, Law, People

Catholic Church. Pope (1878-1903 : Leo XIII), Pope Leo XIII (1895). “The Pope and the People: Select Letters and Addresses on Social Questions”

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Heart of Jesus, burning with love for us, inflame our hearts with love of Thee.

Pope Leo XIII

Jesus, Heart, Burning

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

Pope Leo XIII

Holy Eucharist, World, Belief

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Moreover, Christians are born for combat, whereof the greater the vehemence, the more assured, God willing, the triumph: 'Have confidence; I have overcome the world'

Pope Leo XIII

Christian, Overcoming, Triumph

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There 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 XIII

Jesus, Moving, Heart

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If unbridled licence of speech and writing be granted to all, nothing will remain sacred and inviolate; even the highest and truest mandates of nature, justly held to be the common and noblest heritage of the human race, will not be spared. Thus, truth being gradually obscured by darkness, pernicious and manifold error, as too often happens, will easily prevail.

Pope Leo XIII

Writing, Errors, Race

Pope Leo XIII (1990). “A Light in the Heavens: Great Encyclical Letters of Pope Leo XIII”, p.108, TAN Books

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Born: March 2, 1810
Died: July 20, 1903
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