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Jul 17, 2024 · He proclaimed this dogma exactly 33 years after Fatima’s first apparitions. And here’s another tie-in. Pius XII was the first pope to publicly name and promote Fatima. And he was the first pope to try to do a consecration to Mary’s Immaculate Heart as Our Lady requested at Fatima. No wonder.
4 days ago · Pius XII - WWII, Holocaust, Pope: Unable to stop the spread of war, Pius—the first pope to use radio extensively—made a series of Christmas broadcasts in which he returned to a number of themes raised by Benedict XV during World War I.
Jul 9, 2024 · On July 13, 1949, the Vatican releases its “Decree Against Communism” to the public. The Cold War-era edict, issued by Pope Pius XII on July 1, excommunicates all communist Catholics.
1 day ago · Pope Pius XI ( Italian: Pio XI ), born Ambrogio Damiano Achille Ratti ( Italian: [amˈbrɔ:dʒo daˈmja:no aˈkille ˈratti]; 31 May 1857 – 10 February 1939), was the Bishop of Rome and supreme pontiff of the Catholic Church from 6 February 1922 to 10 February 1939.
Jul 1, 2024 · Pope Pius XII (born Eugenio Maria Giuseppe Giovanni Pacelli; 2 March 1876 - 9 October 1958) was head of the Catholic Church and sovereign of the Vatican City State from 2 March 1939, until his death in 1958.
Jul 17, 2024 · Pope Pius II (Latin: Pius PP. II, Italian: Pio II), born Enea Silvio Bartolomeo Piccolomini (Latin: Aeneas Silvius Bartholomeus; 18 October 1405 – 14 August 1464), was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 19 August 1458 to his death.
4 days ago · UNITED STATES – Seventy-five years ago, Pope Pius XII canonized St. Frances Xavier Cabrini and declared her the patron saint of immigrants. Across the U.S., devotees of “Mother Cabrini,” as she was known, are kicking off celebrations of this Italian-born nun and first U.S. citizen saint and bringing attention to her legacy today.
