(Updated July 16, 2025)
This Author Quote Archive collects pertinent quotes from the Pope Pius XII, who reigned from 1939-1958.
Next to each quote are the Topic Quote Archives in which they are included.
This Quote Archive is being continuously updated as research continues. Quotes marked with “***” have not yet been organized into their respective Topic Quote Archives.
Pope Pius XII, Message on Women’s Duties in the Social and Political Life of Today (October 21, 1945)
Equality of rights with man brought with it her [woman’s] abandonment of the home where she reigned as queen, and her subjection to the same work strain and working hours. It entails depreciation of her true dignity and the solid foundation of all her rights which is her characteristic feminine role, and the intimate coordination of the two sexes. The end intended by God for the good of all human society, especially for that of the family, is lost sight of. In concessions made to woman one can easily see not respect for her dignity or her mission, but an attempt to foster the economic and military power of the totalitarian state to which all must inexorably be subordinated.
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