Pius XI Quotes


If our age in its pride laughs at and rejects Our Lady's Rosary, a countless legion of the most saintly men of every age and of every condition have not only held it most dear and have most piously recited it but have also used it at all times as a most powerful weapon to overcome the devil, to preserve the purity of their lives, to acquire virtue more zealously, in a word, to promote peace among men.


Citations

Pius XI. Ingravescentibus Malis. Libreria Editrice Vaticana, 29 Sept. 1937.

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Pius XI
  • Born: May 31, 1857
  • Died: February 10, 1939
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Pope Pius XI (Italian: Pio XI), born Ambrogio Damiano Achille Ratti, was head of the Catholic Church from 6 February 1922 to his death in 1939. He was the first sovereign of Vatican City from its creation as an independent state on 11 February 1929. He took as his papal motto "Pax Christi in Regno Christi," translated "The Peace of Christ in the Kingdom of Christ."