Pope Pius XII was meant to go and castigate Hitler for being a [air quotes] "Genocidal Fuckhead ... [air quotes again] with bunny rabbit ears". But he didn't, he wimped out, and for that history has renamed that Pope as "Pope Gutless Bastard I." Eddie Izzard
I could see how "democracy" might do very well in a society of saints and sages led by an Alfred or an Antoninus Pius. Short of that, I was unable to see how it could come to anything but an ochlocracy of mass-men led by a sagacious knave. Albert Jay Nock
AAS, 1956, p. 357 Pius XII wrote in Menti Nostrae that the call to constant interior reform and Christian heroism means to be above average, to be a living example of Christian virtue. Source: Internet
AAS, 1947, Mediator Dei, p. 18 The Church has, therefore, according to Pius XII, a common aim with Christ himself, teaching all men the truth, and offering to God a pleasing and acceptable sacrifice. Source: Internet
AAS, 1956, p. 354 ff Pius XII added one year to the theological formation of future priests. Source: Internet
According to Pius, theologians, employed by the Church, are assistants, to teach the official teachings of the Church and not their own private thoughts. Source: Internet