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Pope Pius IX Biography

Pope Pius IX (Italian: Pio; 13 May 1792 – 7 February 1878), born Giovanni Maria Mastai-Ferretti,[a] was head of the Catholic Church from 16 June 1846 to his death on 7 February 1878. He was the longest-reigning elected pope in the history of the Catholic Church, serving for over 31 years. During his pontificate, Pius IX convened the First Vatican Council (1869–70), which decreed papal infallibility, but the council was cut short owing to the loss of the Papal States.

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Liberal Catholics are the worst enemies of the Church.

Catholics, Christian, Enemies, Religious, Worst, Worst Enemy

Neither the true faith nor eternal salvation is to be found outside the Holy Catholic Church.

Catholic, Church, Found, Holy

The civil liberty of every mode of worship, and full power given to all of openly and publicly manifesting their opinions and their ideas conduce more easily to corrupt the morals and minds of the people. . . The Roman Pontiff cannot and ought not to reconcile himself or agree with, progress, liberalism and modern civilization.

Civilization, Ideas, Modern, People, Pontiff, Publicly

The state (the U. S. Constitution) has not the right to leave every man free to profess and embrace whatever religion he may desire.

Constitution, Desire, Leave, May, Men, State

I have always condemned Liberal Catholicism and I will condemn it again forty times over if it be necessary.

Catholicism, Condemn, Forty, Ifs

Socialism, Communism, clandestine societies, Bible societies. . . pests of this sort must be destroyed by all means.

Bible, Communism, Mean, Pests, Socialism

Now you know well that the most deadly foes of the Catholic religion have always waged a fierce war, but without success, against this Chair [of St. Peter]; they are by no means ignorant of the fact that religion itself can never totter and fall while this Chair remains intact, the Chair which rests on the rock which the proud gates of hell cannot overthrow and in which there is the whole and perfect solidity of the Christian religion.

Christian, Powerful, Religion, Solidity, Totter, War

It is error to believe that Every man is free to embrace and profess that religion which, guided by the light of reason, he shall consider true.

Believe, Errors, Free, Men, Religion

Give me an army saying the Rosary and I will conquer the world.

Army, Christian, Give, Religious, Rosary, World

If a future Pope teaches anything contrary to the Catholic Faith, do not follow him.

Catholic, Contrary, Pope, Teach, Teaches

These enemies of divine revelation extol human progress to the skies, and with rash and sacrilegious daring would have it introduced into the Catholic religion as if this religion were not the work of God but of man, or some kind of philosophical discovery susceptible of perfection by human efforts.

Catholic Religion, Daring, Men, Perfection, Philosophical, Work

Because God knows, searches and clearly understands the minds, hearts, thoughts, and nature of all, his supreme kindness and clemency do not permit anyone at all who is not guilty of deliberate sin to suffer eternal punishments.

Deliberate, Heart, Kindness, Knows, Nature, Punishment

The most Blessed Virgin Mary, in the first instant of her conception, by a singular grace and privilege granted by almighty God, in view of the merits of Jesus Christ, the savior of the human race, was preserved free from all stain of original sin.

Blessed, Christ, Faith, God, Grace, Jesus

The chisel is the pen of the sculptor.

Chisel, Chisels, Pen, Pens, Sculptor, Sculptors