“God did not create a human family made up of segregated, dissociated, mutually independent members. No; he would have them all united by the bond of total love of Him and consequent self-dedication to assisting each other to maintain that bond intact.” HumansMadeSelfUnitedMembersIndependentDedicationHuman FamilyAssisting Author:Pope Pius XII
“The Church welcomes technological progress and receives it with love, for it is an indubitable fact that technological progress comes from God and, therefore, can and must lead to Him.” FactsChurchProgressTechnologicalTechnological Progress Author:Pope Pius XII
“To desire grace without recourse to the Virgin Mother is to desire to fly without wings.” ChristianMotherDesireGraceWingsVirginsRecourseHoly Mary Author:Pope Pius XII
“One Galileo in two thousand years is enough.” YearsTwoEnoughThousandThousand YearsScience Religion Author:Pope Pius XII
“The key to seeing why there should be a Eucharistic worship distinct from the Mass is that the Eucharist is Jesus Christ. No less than His contemporaries in Palestine adored and implored Him for the favors they needed, so we should praise, thank Him, and implore Him for what we need.” NeedsShouldJesusChristSeeingKeysNeededWorshipMassJesus ChristPraiseFavorsPalestineEucharistEucharistic Author:Pope Pius XII
“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
“O Mary Mother of Mercy and Refuge of Sinners! We beseech thee to look with pitying eyes on poor heretics and schismatics. Do thou, who art the Seat of Wisdom, enlighten the minds wretchedly enfolded in the darkness of ignorance and sin, that they may clearly recognize the Holy, Catholic, Roman Church to be the only true Church of Jesus Christ, outside of which neither sanctity nor salvation can be found.” MindLooksMayArtEyeMotherFoundJesusChristChurchSinPoorDarknessIgnoranceHolyJesus ChristMercyCatholicSalvationTheeSeatsSinnerMaryRefugeEnlighteningSanctityHeretic Author:Pope Pius XII
“The day the Church abandons Her universal tongue will be the day before She returns to the Catecombs.” ChurchReturnUniversalTongueAbandon Author:Pope Pius XII
“By divine mandate the interpreter and guardian of the Scriptures, and the depository of Sacred Tradition living within her, the Church alone is the entrance to salvation: She alone, by herself, and under the protection and guidance of the Holy Spirit, is the source of truth.” SpiritChurchDivineSourceHolyTraditionSacredSalvationProtectionScriptureGuidanceHoly SpiritGuardianEntrancesMandatesInterpreter Author:Pope Pius XII
“But the knowledge and love of our Divine Redeemer, of which we were the object from the first moment of His Incarnation, exceed all that the human intellect can hope to grasp. For hardly was He conceived in the womb of the Mother of God, when He began to enjoy the Beatific Vision, and in that vision all the members of His Mystical Body were continually and unceasingly present to Him, and He embraced them with His redeeming love” FirstsHumansMomentsBodyMotherEnjoyVisionObjectsDivineMembersAnd LoveIntellectMysticalWombExceedIncarnationRedeemerRedeemingRedeeming Love Author:Pope Pius XII