I became fascinated with this largely buried story, which led me to Pope Pius IX, the Vatican Secret Archives and eventually to my book, “The Kidnapping of Edgardo Mortara.” Perhaps because of the ...

It's also true that some covert exits were less than voluntary. "As recently as 1848, Pope Pius IX had to flee the Vatican disguised as a priest — a persistent urban legend says he was dressed ...

In 1854, Pope Pius IX's solemn declaration, Ineffabilis Deus (link al documento que está en Marian documents), clarified with finality the long-held belief of the Church that Mary was conceived ...

A century ago, in his Syllabus of Errors, Pope Pius IX condemned the thesis that the Roman Catholic Church should accommodate itself to the modern world. Last week the bishops of the Second ...

In 1869, when Pope Pius IX convened the First Vatican Council, no one dreamed of inviting women, but they were nonetheless ...

(Pius IX, Ineffabilis Deus, 1854) In 1854, Pope Pius IX's solemn declaration, "Ineffabilis Deus," clarified with finality the long-held belief of the Church that Mary was conceived free from ...