National Catholic Register

A Reappreciation of Pope Pius IX

On Feb. 7, we celebrate the feast day of Blessed Giovanni Maria Mastai-Ferretti, more popularly known of Blessed Pope Pius IX (who reigned as pope 1846-1878.) His cause for canonization, compared to ...
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Musings on possibly the greatest road not taken in papal history

Pope Pius IX, the last of the popes with temporal power over the Papal States. (Credit: CNS.) Listen ROME – Today marks the 173 rd anniversary of a milestone moment in the modern history of the ...
Wall Street Journal

‘The Pope Who Would Be King’ and ‘Vatican I’ Review: Rome Infallible

In 1881, as the burial procession of Pope Pius IX (1792-1878) neared the Tiber River in Rome, anticlerical protesters breached the escort and attempted to throw the papal bier into the murky water.
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Pondering the temptation to power in wake of historic Roe v. Wade ruling

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 New York Times

Pope Pius IX. and His Claim to Church Sainthood; Following the Customary Rules in Such Matters a Special Commission Is Investigating in Minute Detail the Famous Pontiff's ...

TimesMachine is an exclusive benefit for home delivery and digital subscribers. About the Archive This is a digitized version of an article from The Times’s print archive, before the start of online ...