They include the consecration of the Cathedral of St. John the Divine, the death of a prolific hymnwriter and Pope Pius IX fleeing Rome. Pope Pius IX flees Rome – Nov. 24, 1848 This week marks ...

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You don’t have to be Catholic to have heard the phrase “Immaculate Conception.” References often appear in pop culture and ...

It's also true that some covert exits were less than voluntary. "As recently as 1848, Pope Pius IX had to flee the Vatican disguised as a priest — a persistent urban legend says he was dressed ...

The following chapter deals with the role of Pope Pius IX's Syllabus of Errors (1864) in the papacy, leading to the convocation and celebration of Vatican I. Chapters 3 and 4 address the two major ...

Though he didn’t use this precise verbal formulation, the 19th century Pope Pius IX, in his (in)famous Syllabus Of Errors, set forth the principle that “error has ...

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 ...

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(Pius IX, Ineffabilis Deus, 1854) In 1854, Pope Pius IX's solemn declaration, "Ineffabilis Deus," clarified with finality the long-held belief of the Church that Mary was conceived free from ...

Primate of 2,300,000 British Catholics. Since Pope Pius IX, in 1850, re-established the often suppressed British hierarchy, under Nicholas Patrick Stephen Cardinal Wiseman, the see of Westminster ...