“It is absolutely necessary that the Christian community be subject in all things to the Sovereign Pontiff if it wishes to be a part of the divinely-established society founded by our Redeemer.” IfsChristianWishCommunitySubjectsAll ThingsSovereignRedeemerChristian CommunityHarlots Author:Pope Pius XII
“How many young girls there are who do not see any wrongdoing in following certain shameless styles like so many sheep. They certainly would blush if they could guess the impression they make and the feelings they evoke in those who see them. Do they not see the harm resulting from excess in certain gymnastic exercises and sports not suitable for virtuous girls? What sins are committed or provoked by conversations which are too free, by immodest shows, by dangerous reading. How lax have consciences become, how pagan morals!” IfsShowsFeelingsYoungCertainGirlReadingSportsSinMoralDangerousStyleExerciseConversationConscienceCommittedFollowingHarmImpressionExcessSheepVirtuousModestyPaganSuitableEvokeShamelessWrongdoingProvokedLax Author:Pope Pius XII
“Christian mothers, if only you knew the future of distress and peril, of shame ill-restrained, that you prepare for your sons and daughters in imprudently accustoming them to live hardly clothed and in making them lose the sense of modesty, you should be ashamed of yourselves and of the harm done the little ones whom heaven entrusted to your care, to be reared in Christian dignity and culture.” IfsShouldLittlesDoneCareChristianMotherCultureHeavenLosesSonDaughterDignityShameIllHarmAshamedModestyDistressPerilYour SonSon And DaughterIf Only You Knew Author:Pope Pius XII
“How many girls there are who do not see any wrongdoing in following certain shameless styles like so many sheep. They certainly would blush if they could guess the impression they make and the feelings they evoke in those who see them.” IfsFeelingsCertainGirlStyleFollowingImpressionSheepModestyEvokeShamelessWrongdoing Author:Pope Pius XII
“But how can you know anything of the impression made on others? Who can assure you that others do not draw therefrom incentives to evil? You do not know the depths of human frailty. . . Oh, how truly was it said that if some Christian women could only suspect the temptations and falls they cause in others with modes of dress and familiarity in behavior, which they unthinkingly consider as of no importance, they would be shocked by the responsibility which is theirs.” IfsKnowsHumansMadeSaidWould BeChristianFallEvilCausesResponsibilityBehaviorDrawsImportanceDressesDepthImpressionTemptationSuspectsModestyShockedIncentivesFamiliarityFrailtyHuman FrailtiesChristian Women Author:Pope Pius XII
“The good of our soul is more important than that of our body; and we have to prefer the spiritual welfare of our neighbor to our bodily comforts. . . If a certain kind of dress constitutes a grave and proximate occasion of sin, and endangers the salvation of your soul and others, it is your duty to give it up.” IfsGivingKindImportantSoulBodySpiritualCertainSinDutyComfortDressesSalvationNeighborGravesOccasionsYour SoulWelfareModesty Author:Pope Pius XII
“If a worker is deprived of hope to acquire some personal property, what other natural stimulus can be offered him that will inspire him to hard work, labor, saving and sobriety today, when so many nations and men have lost everything and all they have left is their capacity for work?” IfsMenHardTodayLostLeftNationsNaturalWorkInspireHard WorkLosingCapacityLaborPropertyWorkersSavingAcquireDeprivedStimulusSobrietyLost Everything Author:Pope Pius XII
“Henceforth it will be the task of this Sacred Congregation not only to examine carefully the books denounced to it, to prohibit them if necessary, and to grant permission for reading forbidden books, but also to supervise, ex officio, books that are being published, and to pass sentence on such as deserve to be prohibited.” IfsBookReadingDeserveTasksSacredSentencesPropagandaGrantsPermissionForbiddenExesCongregation Author:Pope Pius XII
