Famous quotes containing the words pope and/or pius:
“by mans oppression cursed,
They seek the second not to lose the first.
Men, some to busness, some to pleasure take;
But evry woman is at heart a rake:”
—Alexander Pope (16881744)
“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 (17921878)