Pope
Pius XI
St. Vincent Pallotti "by founding 'The Society
of the Catholic Apostolate' ... divined not only
the name but the substance of modern Catholic
Action.... (which) shall also profit from the
teaching of such a a providential and precious
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Pope
Paul VI
"Vincent Pallotti aroused the consciousness of
the laity, he let loose a new energy in the Church.
He gave to lay people an awareness of their own
potential to do good. He enriched the Christian
community with a variety of vocations, not merely
of passive acceptance or a faith of ease, but
rather a call to the active and even staunch profession
of faith."
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Pope
Pius XII
"A very necessary thing in our day is to gather
together lay people ... and to organize a work
in which Vincent Pallotti must be considered the
pioneer."
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Pope
John Paul II
St. Vincent "conceived his Institute 'as an evangelical
trumpet that calls everyone, that invites everyone,
that reawakens the zeal and charity of all the
faithful in every state, rank, and condition so
that everyone will cooperate effectively and perseveringly
in the evangelical undertakings of the Catholic
Apostolate.' In the light of these programmatic
words, (Pallottines) intend to construct a bridge
between clergy and laity in order to give life
again to that form of apostolate that associates
the faithful to the work of evangelization and
sanctification that the whole Church, in her head
and in her members, is called to carry out in
the world."
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