Pope Paul VI

"If evils increase, the devotion of the People of God should also increase."

"It is as if from some mysterious crack, no, it is not mysterious, from some crack the smoke of Satan has entered the temple of God."

"Priestly celibacy has been guarded by the Church for centuries as a brilliant jewel, and retains its value undiminished even in our time when the outlook of men and the state of the world have undergone such profound changes."

"No member of the faithful could possibly deny that the Church is competent in her magisterium to interpret the natural moral law"

"The question of human procreation, like every other question which touches human life, involves more than the limited aspects specific to such disciplines as biology, psychology, demography or sociology."

"Married love is also faithful and exclusive of all other, and this until death."

"The marriage of those who have been baptized is, in addition, invested with the dignity of a sacramental sign of grace, for it represents the union of Christ and His Church."

"With regard to mans innate drives and emotions, responsible parenthood means that mans reason and will must exert control over them."

"Was Paul VIs papacy a heroic one? In a way, I think the answer is yes. But his heroism was essentially tragic."

"I for one find it much easier to sympathise with the Arnoldian gloom of Paul looking quietly at the ruin of the Church than with the glad-handing U2 world-tour optimism of St. John Paul II,"

"The transmission of human life is a most serious role in which married people collaborate freely and responsibly with God the Creator. It has always been a source of great joy to them, even though it sometimes entails many difficulties and hardships."