Excerpt from Pope Pius XII’s Allocution to the Pontifical Noble Guard on...
“None can be envious upon seeing that We bear you such special affection. To whom, in truth, is the immediate protection of Our person entrusted, if not to you? And are you not the first of Our guards?...
View ArticleJesus Christ Willed to Be Born of Royal Stock
From the Allocution of Leo XIII to the Roman Patriciate and Nobility on January 24, 1903: And Jesus Christ, although He chose to spend His private life in the obscurity of a lowly dwelling, passing for...
View ArticleThe Priesthood of the Nobility—Allocution of Benedict XV to the Roman...
In the recent annual commemoration of the Birth of Jesus Christ, there resounded in our faith the heavenly chant of the angels raising their hymns to God and to peace. Since that happy day there has...
View ArticlePius XII: Allocution of January 5, 1941
A cause for deep, paternal joy in Our heart is granted Us, dear Sons and Daughters, by your welcome gathering around Us at the start of the New Year, a year no less fraught with fearful horizons than...
View ArticleAllocution of January 8, 1940
At the start of the New year, a twofold gift has been given us by the Roman Patriciate and Nobility by their gathering around Us: the most appreciated gift of their presence and the gift of their...
View ArticlePius XII: Allocution of January 14, 1945
Once again, beloved Sons and Daughters, amid the devastation, the mourning, the anxieties of every sort presently tormenting the human family, you have come to offer Us your devout best wishes, which...
View ArticlePius XII: Allocution of January 15, 1949
The Christmas holidays and the renewal of the year are for Christian families a joyous occasion for strengthening the bonds of affection and for manifesting love of one another with good wishes and...
View ArticlePius XII: Allocution of January 14, 1948, to the Roman Patriciate and Nobility
Although the present difficult circumstances have advised Us this year to give your traditional audience an external form different from the custom, neither the reception of your homages and vows nor...
View ArticleThe Church Loves All the Classes and the Harmonious Inequality Among Them
Leo XIII teaches in his allocution to the Roman Patriciate and Nobility on January 24, 1903: The Roman Pontiffs have always taken care to equally protect and ameliorate the lot of the humble, and to...
View ArticleOur Lord Jesus Christ Willed to Be Born a Noble; He Himself Loved the...
From the allocution of Pius IX to the Roman Patriciate and Nobility on December 29, 1872: Jesus Christ Himself loved aristocracy; and if I am not mistaken, I expounded upon this idea on another...
View ArticlePius XII: Allocution of January 9, 1958
With great satisfaction We welcome you, beloved Sons and Daughters, into Our house, which is still pervaded by the holy fragrances of the Christmas holiday. You have come to reconfirm your devout...
View ArticlePius XII: Allocution of January 11, 1951
With all Our heart We extend Our paternal greeting to the members of the Roman Patriciate and Nobility who, true to an ancient tradition, have gathered around Us at the dawn of the New Year to offer Us...
View ArticlePius XII: Allocution of January 12, 1950
If, dear Sons and Daughters, following the example of Our Predecessors, We are accustomed to welcoming you at the start of the New Year to receive and exchange our good wishes, it is because Our heart,...
View ArticlePius XII: Allocution of January 14, 1952
Faithful to your ancient tradition, beloved Sons and Daughters, you have again come this year to present the visible Head of the Church with a testimonial of your devotion and your fond wishes for the...
View ArticleNobility is a Gift from God
From the allocution of Pius IX to the Roman Patriciate and Nobility on June 17, 1871: One day a Cardinal, a Roman prince, presented his nephew to one of my Predecessors, who on that occasion made a...
View ArticleThe “Good-hearted’’ A Romantic Deformation of Charity
By Prof. Plinio Corrêa de Oliveira Is it a sin to hate? Why or why not? A survey of Catholics on this question would draw curious answers revealing a terrible confusion of ideas and a fundamental...
View ArticleDid Jesus wish to be born noble?
From the Allocution of Leo XIII to the Roman Patriciate and Nobility on January 24, 1903: And Jesus Christ, although He chose to spend His private life in the obscurity of a lowly dwelling, passing for...
View ArticlePius XII – Allocution of January 8, 1940
At the start of the New year, a twofold gift has been given us by the Roman Patriciate and Nobility by their gathering around Us: the most appreciated gift of their presence and the gift of their...
View ArticlePius XII: Allocution of January 5, 1941
A cause for deep, paternal joy in Our heart is granted Us, dear Sons and Daughters, by your welcome gathering around Us at the start of the New Year, a year no less fraught with fearful horizons than...
View ArticlePius XII: Allocution of January 5, 1942
Beloved Sons and Daughters, the loftily worded message of greeting that your illustrious representative has communicated to Us, wishes, it seems to us, to manifest above all that filial attachment to...
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