It is now for the Catholic Church to bend herself to her work with calmness and generosity. It is for you to observe her with renewed and friendly attention.

Quote by Pope John XXIII

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I have looked into your eyes with my eyes. I have put my heart near...

I have looked into your eyes with my eyes. I have put my heart near...

Men are like wine - some turn to vinegar, but the best improve with age.

Men are like wine - some turn to vinegar, but the best improve with age.

See everything, overlook a great deal, correct a little.

See everything, overlook a great deal, correct a little.

We ardently desire their return to the house of the common Father they will not...

We ardently desire their return to the house of the common Father they will not...

I have been able to follow my death step by step and now my life...

I have been able to follow my death step by step and now my life...

The feelings of my smallness and my nothingness always kept me good company.

The feelings of my smallness and my nothingness always kept me good company.

See everything; overlook a great deal; correct a little.

See everything; overlook a great deal; correct a little.

If God created shadows, it was to better emphasize the light.

If God created shadows, it was to better emphasize the light.

It often happens that I wake up at night and begin to think about a...

It often happens that I wake up at night and begin to think about a...

Anybody can be Pope; the proof of this is that I have become one.

Anybody can be Pope; the proof of this is that I have become one.

Every man has the right to life, to bodily integrity.

Every man has the right to life, to bodily integrity.

Every man has the right to life, to bodily integrity.

Every man has the right to life, to bodily integrity.

It often happens that I wake up at night and begin to think about a...

It often happens that I wake up at night and begin to think about a...

The true and solid peace of nations consists not in equality of arms, but in...

The true and solid peace of nations consists not in equality of arms, but in...

Consult not your fears but your hopes and your dreams. Think not about your frustrations,...

Consult not your fears but your hopes and your dreams. Think not about your frustrations,...

It is easier for a father to have children than for children to have a...

It is easier for a father to have children than for children to have a...

I am able to follow my own death step by step. Now I move softly...

I am able to follow my own death step by step. Now I move softly...

Here I am at the end of the road and at the top of the...

Here I am at the end of the road and at the top of the...

The family is the first essential cell of human society.

The family is the first essential cell of human society.

Italians come to ruin most generally in three ways, women, gambling, and farming. My family...

Italians come to ruin most generally in three ways, women, gambling, and farming. My family...