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“All people and each individual man is called to come into the Church.”

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Pope Pius XII, born Giuseppe Angelo Raffaele Carlo Maria Radziwill, was the 259th Pope, serving from 1939 to 1958. His papacy coincided with World War II, and his role during the war has been widely controversial. more

“Thoughtful men, with hearts craving the truth, have come to seek in the Catholic Church the road which leads with surety to eternal life. They have understood that they could not cleave to Jesus Christ as the Head of the Church if they did not belong to the Body of Jesus Christ which is the Church. Nor could they ever hope to possess in all its purity the faith of Jesus Christ if they were to reject its legitimate teaching authority entrusted to Peter and his successors.”

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Author:Pope Leo XIII

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

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Author:Pope Pius X

“The Church is that one wherein the true word of God is preached, which Christ left to His Apostles, which the same Church hath always observed, the doctors preached, and Martyrs and confessors witnessed. This is the Church I believe to be true.”

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Author:Margaret Clitherow

“He who does not believe according to the tradition of the Catholic Church is an unbeliever.”

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Author:John of Damascus

“Heretics think false things about God and call it their faith.”

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Author:Saint Augustine

“If a soul is not clothed with the teachings of the Church he cannot merit to have Jesus seated in him.”

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Author:St. Jerome

“Better that only a few Catholics should be left, staunch and sincere in their religion, than that they should, remaining many, desire as it were, to be in collusion with the Church's enemies and in conformity with the open foes of our faith.”

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Author:Peter Canisius

“The Church is the Ship outside which it is impossible to understand the Divine Word, for Jesus spoke from the boat to the people gathered on the shore.”

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Author:Hilary of Poitiers

“If you understand the great plan of happiness and follow it, what goes on in the world will not determine your happiness.”

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Book:The shield of faith

Source: The shield of faith

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