“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.””
Quotes by Pope Pius IX
“Divine revelation is perfect and, therefore, it is not subject to continual and indefinite progress of human reason.””
Pope Pius IXPope Pius IX, who served as the head of the Catholic Church from 1846 to 1878, was a pivotal figure in the history of the papacy and the broader context of 19th-century Europe. His papacy was marked b...