At the golden jubilee Mass for St. Pius X Church, Bishop Joel M. Konzen, SM, prayed that the parish would continue to be ...

Conclave is a fictional movie about a papal conclave. Here's a look at three real conclaves marked by controversy.

Conservative Italian pundits welcomed the pope’s decision to finally take action on Viganò, while the traditionalist Society ...

The problem concerning progress in the wrong direction has a long history. Pope Pius X alluded to it in a 1914 rather strong address: “Oh! How many navigators, how many pilots, and — God forbid!

"Reverend Philip G. Johnson, a priest in good standing of the Diocese of Raleigh, requests and is granted retirement for ...

"We have heard that the most licentious dances were indulged in," Pius II wrote ... After becoming pope in 1513, Leo X became a famous patron of the arts and commissioned the rebuilding of ...

The nuns, who live at the secluded 72-acre Monastery of the Most Holy Trinity, wrote in a statement that the dismissal by the ...

Pope Leo XIII, the next pontiff, had a copy of the picture on his desk so that he might see it constantly during his working day. St. Pius X sent a copy of the icon to the Empress of Ethiopia and ...

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Once elevated, the chosen Pope, Pius X, banned that type of veto. After the controversy in 1903, conclaves became much more secretive. “We know a great deal more about the election, say ...