Pope Pius II

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    by man’s oppression cursed,
    They seek the second not to lose the first.
    Men, some to bus’ness, some to pleasure take;
    But ev’ry woman is at heart a rake:
    —Alexander Pope (1688–1744)

    It is an error to believe that the Roman Pontiff can and ought to reconcile himself to, and agree with, progress, liberalism, and contemporary civilization.
    —Pope Pius IX (1792–1878)