Popes

Pope Innocent III

1161-1216

"Use against heretics the spiritual sword of excommunication, and if this does not prove effective, use the material sword."

Pope John Paul II

"It can therefore be said that, from the viewpoint of the doctrine of the faith, there are no difficulites in explaining the origin of man, in regard to the body, by means of the theory of evolution."

"Don't you think, that all irresponsible behavior of men is caused by women?"

Pope Leo XIII

"The equal toleration of all religions...is the same as atheism."

Pope Pius IX

"The state (the U.S. Constitution) has not the right to leave every man free to profess and embrace whatever religion he may desire."

Pope Pius XII

"One Galileo in two thousand years is enough."