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4 days ago · Pope Pius XII's 1943 encyclical Divino afflante spiritu gave a renewed impetus to Catholic Bible studies and encouraged the production of new Bible translations from the original languages.
Pope Pius XII instituted it in 1955 to coincide with International Workers’ Day, a day dedicated to the secular celebration of labor and workers’ rights. However, the Holy Father recognized the misplaced role of work in society at the time and believed there was a growing threat of communist and socialist ideals against the dignity of ...
Jul 13, 2024 · “Consecration to the Mother of God is a total gift of self, for the whole of life and for all eternity; and a gift which is not a mere formality or sentimentality, but effectual, comprising the full intensity of the Christian life — Marian life,” said Pope Pius XII when he consecrated the world to the Immaculate Heart of Mary ...
Jul 13, 2024 · In his landmark encyclical Mystici Corporis Christi on the Catholic Church as the Mystical Body of Christ (promulgated universally in the midst of World War II in 1943), Pope Pius XII defends the practice of frequent confession — even if one has only venial sins to confess.
Jul 12, 2024 · Still in the midst of World War II, the pope discussed the key difference that exists in a democratic system between "the people" and "the masses." Pope Pius XII sits in front of a microphone prepared to give a radio address in this 1943 file photo. During World War II, the pontiff made many pleas for peace through Vatican Radio. (CNS photo)
4 days ago · Pope Pius XII likened wearing the scapular to the bravery of knights in the 13th century, who found courage and confidence under their lady's gaze. Pope Saint John Paul II also expressed his devotion to the scapular, underscoring its enduring significance within the Carmelite tradition.
4 days ago · Pope Pius XII revealed at the 1952 secret consistory that both Montini and Tardini had declined appointments to the cardinalate and in fact Montini was never to be made a cardinal by Pius XII, who held no consistory and created no cardinals from the time he appointed Montini to Milan and his own death four years later. After ...
4 days ago · ACI Prensa Staff, Jul 16, 2024 / 04:00 am. Pope Pius XII said: “The devotion to the Carmelite scapular has brought down on the world a copious rain of spiritual and temporal graces.”
6 days ago · Proclaimed a saint by Pope Pius XII on the 7 July 1946, she was proclaimed "Celestial Patroness of all Emigrants" in 1950. St Frances Xavier Cabrini died on 22 December 1917 in the hospital for migrants she herself had built in Chicago.
6 days ago · Emily was canonized on June 17, 1951, by Pope Pius XII. Today her sisters are present on all five continents. Her feast day is August 24 on the General Calendar, though in her communities she is celebrated on June 17.
