„Los hombres fácilmente se persuaden de que es falso, o al menos dudoso, aquello que no desearían que fuese verdadero.“
— Pío XII
Fuente: http://www.loiola.org/pensamientos_anteriores/pensante2005.htm
Frases de Pío XII
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Pío XII
Fecha de nacimiento: 2. Marzo 1876
Fecha de muerte: 9. Octubre 1958
Pío XII , de nombre secular Eugenio Maria Giuseppe Giovanni Pacelli , fue elegido papa número 260, cabeza visible de la Iglesia católica, y soberano de la Ciudad del Vaticano desde el 2 de marzo de 1939 hasta su muerte en 1958. El papa Benedicto XVI lo declaró venerable el 19 de diciembre de 2009 junto a Juan Pablo II.[1][2]
Antes de su elección al papado, Pacelli se desenvolvió como secretario de la Congregación de Asuntos Eclesiásticos Extraordinarios, nuncio papal y cardenal secretario de Estado, desde donde pudo alcanzar la conclusión de varios concordatos internacionales con estados europeos y americanos, entre los que destacó el Reichskonkordat con la Alemania nazi, firmado en 1933 y aún en parte vigente.[3] Por otra parte, Pacelli tuvo un influjo decisivo en la redacción de la carta encíclica de Pío XI titulada Mit brennender Sorge a los obispos alemanes, del 14 de marzo de 1937, que significó una advertencia severa al régimen del Tercer Reich.
Su gestión como nuncio en Alemania y como cabeza de la Iglesia católica durante la Segunda Guerra Mundial sigue siendo motivo de análisis y controversia, principalmente en lo que respecta a la intensidad de su reacción frente a los crímenes del régimen nazi en Europa contra judíos y comunistas.
Frases Pío XII
„Los padres deben ser los primeros amigos de los hijos.“
— Pío XII
Fuente: http://www.pensamientos.org/pensamientospadresehijos.htm
„La salvación de muchos depende de la oración de pocos.“
— Pío XII
Fuente: http://www.alvaro.net/citas/P/Pio_XII/
„Nada se pierde con la paz; todo puede perderse con la guerra.“
— Pío XII
Fuente: "Radiomensaje de Su Santidad Pío XII dirigido a los gobernantes y a los pueblos en el inminente peligro de la guerra" 24 de agosto de 1939 versión original en italiano http://www.vatican.va/holy_father/pius_xii/speeches/1939/documents/hf_p-xii_spe_19390824_ora-grave_it.html traducción al español http://infocatolica.com/blog/historiaiglesia.php/1101061200-el-angustioso-grito-de-pio-xi
„A las negociaciones sinceras y diligentes nunca se ha resistido un honorable éxito.“
— Pío XII
Fuente: "En una hora grave" Radiomensaje de Su Santidad Pío XII dirigido a los gobernantes y a los pueblos en el inminente peligro de la guerra 24 de agosto de 1939
„Tendríamos que pronunciar palabras de fuego contra tales hechos y lo único que nos lo impide es saber que, si habláramos, haríamos todavía más difícil la situación de esos desdichados.“
— Pío XII
Actes et Documents du Saint Siège à la seconde guerre mondiale, Librería Edittrice Vatiicana, 1970, vol. 1, p. 455.
„Lo que en tiempos de paz estaba reprimido, al estallar la guerra ha explotado en una triste serie de actos contrarios al espíritu humano y cristiano. Los acuerdos internacionales para hacer menos inhumana la guerra, limitándola a los combatientes, para regular las normas de la ocupación y de la prisión de los vencidos, han sido letra muerta en distintos países; y ¿quién es capaz de ver el fin de este progresivo empeoramiento?“
— Pío XII
Radiomensaje de Navidad (24 de junio de 1942) http://www.vatican.va/holy_father/pius_xii/speeches/1942/documents/hf_p-xii_spe_19421224_radiomessage-christmas_sp.html.
„Este voto la humanidad lo debe a los cientos de millares de personas que, sin culpa propia alguna, a veces sólo por razones de nacionalidad o de raza, se ven destinados a la muerte o a un progresivo aniquilamiento.“
— Pío XII
Radiomensaje de Navidad (24 de junio de 1942) http://www.vatican.va/holy_father/pius_xii/speeches/1942/documents/hf_p-xii_spe_19421224_radiomessage-christmas_sp.html.
„Tenemos con Nos […] a los jóvenes, caballeros generosos de los más puros y nobles ideales. Y está con Nos el alma de esta vieja Europa, que fue obra de la fe y del genio cristiano. Con Nos la Humanidad entera, que espera justicia, pan, libertad, y no el hierro que mata y destruye. Con Nos aquel Cristo, que del amor fraterno ha hecho Su mandamiento fundamental.“
— Pío XII
"En una hora grave" Radiomensaje de Su Santidad Pío XII dirigido a los gobernantes y a los pueblos en el inminente peligro de la guerra, 24 de agosto de 1939
„Las industrias humanas no valen nada sin el auxilio divino.“
— Pío XII
"En una hora grave" Radiomensaje de Su Santidad Pío XII dirigido a los gobernantes y a los pueblos en el inminente peligro de la guerra 24 de agosto de 1939
„La dignidad de la persona humana exige, pues, normalmente, como fundamento natural para vivir, el derecho al uso de los bienes de la tierra, al cual corresponde la obligación fundamental de otorgar a todos, en cuanto sea posible, una propiedad privada. Las normas jurídicas positivas, reguladoras de la propiedad privada, pueden modificar y conceder un uso más o menos limitado; pero, si quieren contribuir a la pacificación de la comunidad, deberán impedir que el obrero que es o será padre de familia se vea condenado a una dependencia y esclavitud económica inconciliable con sus derechos de persona.“
— Pío XII
Radiomensaje de Navidad (24 de junio de 1942) http://www.vatican.va/holy_father/pius_xii/speeches/1942/documents/hf_p-xii_spe_19421224_radiomessage-christmas_sp.html.
„The life of an innocent person is sacrosanct, and any direct attempt or aggression against it is a violation of one of the fundamental laws without which secure human society is impossible.“
Allocution to Midwives on the Nature of Their Profession, October 29, 1951. http://www.ewtn.com/library/PAPALDOC/P511029.HTM http://www.papalencyclicals.net/Pius12/P12midwives.htm
Contexto: Besides, every human being, even the child in the womb, has the right to life directly from God and not from his parents, not from any society or human authority. Therefore, there is no man, no human authority, no science, no "indication" at all—whether it be medical, eugenic, social, economic, or moral—that may offer or give a valid judicial title for a direct deliberate disposal of an innocent human life, that is, a disposal which aims at its destruction, whether as an end in itself or as a means to achieve the end, perhaps in no way at all illicit. Thus, for example, to save the life of the mother is a very noble act; but the direct killing of the child as a means to such an end is illicit. The direct destruction of so-called "useless lives," already born or still in the womb, practiced extensively a few years ago, can in no wise be justified. Therefore, when this practice was initiated, the Church expressly declared that it was against the natural law and the divine positive law, and consequently that it was unlawful to kill, even by order of the public authorities, those who were innocent, even if on account of some physical or mental defect, they were useless to the State and a burden upon it. The life of an innocent person is sacrosanct, and any direct attempt or aggression against it is a violation of one of the fundamental laws without which secure human society is impossible. We have no need to teach you in detail the meaning and the gravity, in your profession, of this fundamental law. But never forget this: there rises above every human law and above every "indication" the faultless law of God.
„Besides, every human being, even the child in the womb, has the right to life directly from God and not from his parents, not from any society or human authority.“
Allocution to Midwives on the Nature of Their Profession, October 29, 1951. http://www.ewtn.com/library/PAPALDOC/P511029.HTM http://www.papalencyclicals.net/Pius12/P12midwives.htm
Contexto: Besides, every human being, even the child in the womb, has the right to life directly from God and not from his parents, not from any society or human authority. Therefore, there is no man, no human authority, no science, no "indication" at all—whether it be medical, eugenic, social, economic, or moral—that may offer or give a valid judicial title for a direct deliberate disposal of an innocent human life, that is, a disposal which aims at its destruction, whether as an end in itself or as a means to achieve the end, perhaps in no way at all illicit. Thus, for example, to save the life of the mother is a very noble act; but the direct killing of the child as a means to such an end is illicit. The direct destruction of so-called "useless lives," already born or still in the womb, practiced extensively a few years ago, can in no wise be justified. Therefore, when this practice was initiated, the Church expressly declared that it was against the natural law and the divine positive law, and consequently that it was unlawful to kill, even by order of the public authorities, those who were innocent, even if on account of some physical or mental defect, they were useless to the State and a burden upon it. The life of an innocent person is sacrosanct, and any direct attempt or aggression against it is a violation of one of the fundamental laws without which secure human society is impossible. We have no need to teach you in detail the meaning and the gravity, in your profession, of this fundamental law. But never forget this: there rises above every human law and above every "indication" the faultless law of God.
„The direct destruction of so-called "useless lives," already born or still in the womb, practiced extensively a few years ago, can in no wise be justified.“
Allocution to Midwives on the Nature of Their Profession, October 29, 1951. http://www.ewtn.com/library/PAPALDOC/P511029.HTM http://www.papalencyclicals.net/Pius12/P12midwives.htm
Contexto: Besides, every human being, even the child in the womb, has the right to life directly from God and not from his parents, not from any society or human authority. Therefore, there is no man, no human authority, no science, no "indication" at all—whether it be medical, eugenic, social, economic, or moral—that may offer or give a valid judicial title for a direct deliberate disposal of an innocent human life, that is, a disposal which aims at its destruction, whether as an end in itself or as a means to achieve the end, perhaps in no way at all illicit. Thus, for example, to save the life of the mother is a very noble act; but the direct killing of the child as a means to such an end is illicit. The direct destruction of so-called "useless lives," already born or still in the womb, practiced extensively a few years ago, can in no wise be justified. Therefore, when this practice was initiated, the Church expressly declared that it was against the natural law and the divine positive law, and consequently that it was unlawful to kill, even by order of the public authorities, those who were innocent, even if on account of some physical or mental defect, they were useless to the State and a burden upon it. The life of an innocent person is sacrosanct, and any direct attempt or aggression against it is a violation of one of the fundamental laws without which secure human society is impossible. We have no need to teach you in detail the meaning and the gravity, in your profession, of this fundamental law. But never forget this: there rises above every human law and above every "indication" the faultless law of God.
„True science discovers God in an ever-increasing degree — as though God were waiting behind every door opened by science.“
address http://www.papalencyclicals.net/Pius12/P12EXIST.HTM to the Pontifical Academy of Sciences, 22 November 1951
quoted in Time, 3 December 1951
quoted by Dan Brown, Angels and Demons, page 44
„God did not create a human family made up of segregated, dissociated, mutually independent members. No; he would have them all united by the bond of total love of Him and consequent self-dedication to assisting each other to maintain that bond intact.“
Statement (7 September 1956), as quoted in America, Vol. 100 (1958) by America Press, p. 121
„All men are brothered in Jesus Christ.“
Statement (27 May 1946), as quoted in America, Vol. 100 (1958) by America Press, p. 121
