1. Quotes
  2. Authors
  3. Pope Leo XIII

Pope Leo XIII Quotes

Pope Leo XIII was head of the Catholic Church from 20 February 1878 to his death. He was the oldest pope , and had the third-longest confirmed pontificate, behind those of Pius IX and John Paul II.

He is well known for his intellectualism and his attempts to define the position of the Catholic Church with regard to modern thinking. In his famous 1891 encyclical Rerum novarum, Pope Leo outlined the rights of workers to a fair wage, safe working conditions, and the formation of trade unions, while affirming the rights of property and free enterprise, opposing both socialism and laissez-faire capitalism. He influenced Mariology of the Catholic Church and promoted both the rosary and the scapular.

Leo XIII issued a record of eleven papal encyclicals on the rosary earning him the title as the "Rosary Pope". In addition, he approved two new Marian scapulars and was the first pope to fully embrace the concept of Mary as Mediatrix. He was the first pope to have never held any control over the Papal States, after they had been dissolved by 1870. He was briefly buried in the grottos of Saint Peter's Basilica before his remains were later transferred to the Basilica of Saint John Lateran. Wikipedia  

✵ 2. March 1810 – 20. July 1903
Pope Leo XIII photo

Works
Rerum Novarum
Pope Leo XIII
Pope Leo XIII: 4   quotes 1   like

Famous Pope Leo XIII Quotes

“Whoever has received from the divine bounty a large share of temporal blessings, whether they be external and material, or gifts of the mind, has received them for the purpose of using them for the perfecting of his own nature, and, at the same time, that he may employ them, as the steward of God's providence, for the benefit of others.”

Pope Leo XIII Rerum Novarum

Rerum novarum (1891), p. 22

“O Glorious Archangel St. Michael, Prince of the heavenly host, be our defense in the terrible warfare which we carry on against principalities and Powers, against the rulers of this world of darkness, spirits of evil.”

Pope Leo XIII

Prayer to Saint Michael (1888)
Context: O Glorious Archangel St. Michael, Prince of the heavenly host, be our defense in the terrible warfare which we carry on against principalities and Powers, against the rulers of this world of darkness, spirits of evil. Come to the aid of man, whom God created immortal, made in His own image and likeness, and redeemed at a great price from the tyranny of the devil.
Fight this day the battle of the Lord, together with the holy angels, as already thou hast fought the leader of the proud angels, Lucifer, and his apostate host, who were powerless to resist thee, nor was there place for them any longer in Heaven.

“Arise then, O invincible Prince, bring help against the attacks of the lost spirits to the people of God, and give them the victory. They venerate thee as their protector and Patron; in thee holy Church glories as her defense against the malicious power of hell; to thee has God entrusted the souls of men to be established in heavenly beatitude. Oh, pray to the God of peace that He may put Satan under our feet, so far conquered that he may no longer be able to hold men in captivity and harm the Church. Offer our prayers in the sight of the Most High, so that they may quickly conciliate the mercies of the Lord; and beating down the dragon, the ancient serpent, who is the devil and Satan, do thou again make him captive in the abyss, that he may no longer seduce the nations.”

Pope Leo XIII

Prayer to Saint Michael (1888)

“O God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, we call upon thy holy name, and as suppliants we implore thy clemency, that by the intercession of Mary, ever Virgin Immaculate and our Mother, and of the glorious Archangel St. Michael, thou wouldst deign to help us against Satan and all other unclean spirits, who wander about the world for the injury of the human race and the ruin of souls. Amen.”

Pope Leo XIII

Prayer to Saint Michael (1888)

Similar authors

John Henry Newman photo
John Henry Newman 37
English cleric and cardinal
John Bosco photo
John Bosco 7
Italian Roman Catholic priest, educator and writer
Bernadette Soubirous photo
Bernadette Soubirous 1
French saint
Gemma Galgani photo
Gemma Galgani 1
ITALIANA
François-René de Chateaubriand photo
François-René de Chateaubriand 28
French writer, politician, diplomat and historian
Ellen G. White photo
Ellen G. White 48
American author and founder/leader of the Seventh-Day Adven…
Otto von Bismarck photo
Otto von Bismarck 35
German statesman, Chancellor of Germany
Charles Maurice de Talleyrand-Périgord photo
Charles Spurgeon photo
Charles Spurgeon 49
British preacher, author, pastor and evangelist
Charles Caleb Colton photo
Charles Caleb Colton 38
British priest and writer