At the other end of the spectrum, Pope Pius IX held the papacy for a staggering 31 years, making him the longest-serving pope ...

Bishop Flores described "Dilexit Nos" as "a document to be meditated and to be prayed upon, prayed about, and lingered over, ...

The proclamation of the Year of St. Joseph by Pope Francis in December 2020 coincided with the 150th anniversary of the saint’s proclamation as patron of the universal Church by Blessed Pius IX ...

I became fascinated with this largely buried story, which led me to Pope Pius IX, the Vatican Secret Archives and eventually to my book, “The Kidnapping of Edgardo Mortara.” Perhaps because of the ...

In 1854, Pope Pius IX's solemn declaration, Ineffabilis Deus (link al documento que está en Marian documents), clarified with finality the long-held belief of the Church that Mary was conceived ...

The Jesuit review La Civiltà Cattolica celebrates its 175th anniversary, at a ceremony featuring Holy See Secretary of State Pietro Parolin and Italian President Sergio Mattarella. In a message for ...

Today, what we can admire in his ideal town is a paved square around which stand the cathedral, the bishop’s palace, the town ...