An umbrella Jewish group dealing with Jewish-Catholic relations has bluntly told the Vatican that Pius IX doesn’t deserve to be a saint. Pius IX, a 19th-century pope who became infamous for ordering ...
I recently wrote about what I perceive as the overblown rhetoric in the debate over the mandate that health care plans cover contraception. The bishops complained that the conscience exception for ...
On Feb. 7, the Catholic Church remembers Blessed Pius IX, “Pius Nono,” the 255th pope. His pontificate is the second longest in history — a total of 31 years, seven months, and 22 days (June 16, ...
The Vatican meets Chanel No. 5. In a San Rafael kitchen, a 69-year-old doctor says he has re-created the custom cologne worn in the 19th century by Pope Pius IX, the longest-reigning pope aside from ...
Amedeo Zafrati, working at the Rome Synagogue’s historical archive, points to the name of Edgardo Mortara as he shows baptism certificates in Rome, Friday, April 20, 2018. (Credit: Gregorio Borgia/AP.
Kertzer, who won the Pulitzer Prize for his biography of Pope Pius XI (The Pope and Mussolini), expertly captures the tension of a deeply devout population, loyal to their church but receptive to the ...
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