On Feb. 7, the Catholic Church remembers Blessed Pius IX, “Pius Nono,” the 255th pope. His pontificate is the second longest in history — a total of 31 years, seven months, and 22 days (June 16, ...

On Dec. 8, 1854, Blessed Pius IX released Ineffabilis Deus in which he defined and proclaimed that the Blessed Virgin Mary “in the first instance of her conception, by a singular privilege and grace ...

I’ve written before in these pages about how for centuries there were no popes in the modern era who were canonized except Pope St. Celestine in 1315, and then Pope Pius V in 1712. However in the 20th ...

Earlier today at the Vatican, Pope Benedict XVI met with journalists from the Italian “Civilta Cattolica”, a Jesuit magazine established by Blessed Pius IX in 1850. He told them that ...

A painting of Pope Pius IX blessing a crowd in the Italian seaport of Gaeta during his forced exile in 1848. (Credit: Screen capture.) Listen GAETA, Italy – Although Friday’s Supreme Court decision ...

The “Personal Corporeal Presence of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Heaven” is the name of a new dogma which, it is confidently said, and equally confidently denied, Pope Pius XI will promulgate this year.