59+ Pope Leo XIII Quotes On Death, God And Education

was the pope of the Catholic Church from 1878 to 1903. He was the first pope to be photographed and the first to be filmed. He was known for his social teachings, which emphasized the need for social justice, economic reform and labor rights for the working classes. Following is our collection on famous quotes by Pope Leo XIII on love, death, god.

Top 10 Pope Leo XIII Quotes

1. Once the demands of necessity and propriety have been met, the rest that one owns belongs to the poor.
2. The equal toleration of all religions...is the same as atheism.
3. 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.
4. Wages ought not to be insufficient to support a frugal and well-behaved wage-earner.
5. 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.
6. 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'
7. Books of apostates, heretics, schismatics, and all other writers defending heresy or schism or in any attacking the foundations of religion, are altogether prohibited.
8. Not only, in strict truth, was marriage instituted for the propagation of the human race, but also that the lives of husbands and wives might be made better and happier.
9. 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.
10. Our own belief is that the renovation of the world will be brought about only by the Holy Eucharist.

Pope Leo XIII Short Quotes

• The Church of Christ, therefore, is one and the same forever.
• Every man has by nature the right to possess property as his own.
• Inequality of rights and power proceeds from the very Author of nature.
• Heart of Jesus, burning with love for us, inflame our hearts with love of Thee.
• Divorce is born of perverted morals and leads to vicious habits.
• To suffer and to endure is the lot of humanity.
• Nothing is more important than to war on war.
• Catholics are born for combat.
• Nothing emboldens the wicked so greatly as the lack of courage on the part of the good.
• Peace is built on the foundation of justice.

Pope Leo XIII Quotes About God

We hold upon this earth the place of God Almighty. — Pope Leo XIII

O Virgin most holy, none abounds in the knowledge of God except through thee; none, O Mother of God, obtains salvation except through thee, none receives a gift from the throne of mercy except through thee. — Pope Leo XIII

The devotion which God sends to the succor of His Church and of the nations at the present time is the devotion to the Most Holy Eucharist. It is the highest of all devotions. — Pope Leo XIII

But the supreme teacher in the Church is the Roman Pontiff. Union of minds, therefore, requires, together with a perfect accord in the one faith, complete submission and obedience of will to the Church and to the Roman Pontiff, as to God Himself. — Pope Leo XIII

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

The family was ordained of God that children might be trained up for himself; it was before the church, or rather the first form of the church on earth. — Pope Leo XIII

God is not only true, but Truth itself. — Pope Leo XIII

The fact that God gave the whole human race the earth to use and enjoy cannot indeed in any manner serve as an objection against private possessions. — Pope Leo XIII

Pope Leo XIII Famous Quotes And Sayings

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

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

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

The present age handed over the workers, each alone and defenseless, to the unbridled greed of competitors... so that a very few and exceedingly rich men have laid a yoke of almost slavery on the unnumbered masses of non-owning workers. — Pope Leo XIII

Inadequacy of his own strength, learned from experience, impels and urges a man to enlist the help of others. — Pope Leo XIII

The twentieth century must be a century of the Blessed Sacrament if it means to be a century of resurrection and of life — Pope Leo XIII

The empire of Christ the King includes not only Catholic nations, not only baptized persons who, though of right belonging to the Church, have been led astray by error, or have been cut off from her by schism, but also all those who are outside the Christian faith: so that truly the whole of mankind is subject to the power of Jesus Christ. — Pope Leo XIII

It is not the part of prudence to neglect that which antiquity in its long experience has approved and which is also taught by apostolic authority. — Pope Leo XIII

You are not to be looked upon as holding the true Catholic faith if you do not teach that the faith of Rome is to be held — Pope Leo XIII

For what concerns diversity of rites in the sacred liturgy, the Apostolic See has always made its position clear: not only it does not condemn diversity, but it eagerly and willingly grants to each nation the right to keep and preserve the legitimate customs and traditions of its forbears. — Pope Leo XIII

Hence from all we have hitherto said, it is clear beloved Catholics that we cannot approve the opinions which some [Protestants, Jews, and other heretics] comprise under the head of Americanism [freedom]. — Pope Leo XIII

They knew only too well the intimate bond which unites faith with worship, 'the law of belief with the law of prayer,' and so, under the pretext of restoring it to its primitive form, they corrupted the order of the liturgy in many respects to adapt it to the errors of the Innovators. — Pope Leo XIII

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

Inasmuch as the domestic household is antecedent, as well as in idea as in fact, the family must necessarily have rights and duties which are prior than those of the Community and founded more immediately in nature. — Pope Leo XIII

The first law of history is to dread uttering a falsehood; the next is not to fear stating the truth; lastly, the historian's writings should be open to no suspicion of partiality or animosity. — Pope Leo XIII

The Eucharist is source and pledge of blessedness and glory, not for the soul alone, but for the body also.... In the frail and perishable body that divine Host, which is the immortal body of Christ, implants a principle of resurrection, a seed of immortality, which one day must germinate — Pope Leo XIII

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

It is an in, a grave evil and a disturbance of the right order, for a larger and higher organisation, to arrogate to itself functions which can be performed efficiently by smaller and lower bodies. — Pope Leo XIII

Every man has by nature the right to possess property as his own. This is one of the chief points of distinction between man and the animal creation. — Pope Leo XIII

We are convinced that the Rosary, if devotely used is bound to benefit not only the individual but society at large. — Pope Leo XIII

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

Therefore those governing the State ought primarily to devote themselves to the service of individual groups and of the whole commonwealth, and through the entire scheme of laws and institutions to cause both public and individual well-being to develop spontaneously out of the very structure and administration of the state. — Pope Leo XIII

The liberty of thinking and publishing whatsoever each one likes, without any hindrances, is not in itself an advantage over which society can wisely rejoice. On the contrary, it is the fountainhead and origin of many evils. — Pope Leo XIII

For when men know they are working on what belongs to them, they work with far greater eagerness and diligence. Nay, in a word, they learn to love the land cultivated by their own hands, whence they look not only for food but for some measure of abundance for themselves and their dependents. All can see how much this willing eagerness contributes to an abundance of produce and the wealth of a nation. — Pope Leo XIII

To this must be added that the hiring of labor and the conduct of trade are concentrated in the hands of comparatively few; so that a small number of very rich men have been able to lay upon the teeming masses of the laboring poor a yoke little better than that of slavery itself. — Pope Leo XIII

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

The Rosary offers an easy way to present the chief mysteries of the Christian religion and to impress then upon the mind. — Pope Leo XIII

Our Lord came to the aid of each great tribulation with a special devotion. The present and future tribulations of the Church and of nations are greater than at any other period, and this persecution is more dangerous than those of previous times. Hence, the devotion which God sends to the succor of His Church and of the nations at the present time is the devotion to the Most Holy Eucharist. It is the highest of all devotions. — Pope Leo XIII

People differ in capacity, skill, health, strength; and unequal fortune is a necessary result of unequal condition. Such inequality is far from being disadvantageous either to individuals or to the community. — Pope Leo XIII

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

Not only, in strict truth, was marriage instituted for the propagation of the human race, but also that the lives of husbands and wives might be made better and happier. This comes about in many ways: by their lightening each other's burdens through mutual help; by constant and faithful love; by having all their possessions in common; and by the heavenly grace which flows from the sacrament. — Pope Leo XIII

Life Lessons by Pope Leo XIII

Pope Leo XIII was a strong advocate for social justice and the advancement of the rights of the working class. He encouraged the Church to be more involved in the lives of the people, and to use its resources to improve the living conditions of the poor. He also encouraged the Church to embrace modern science and technology, while still upholding traditional Catholic values.