Even the new Holocaust Museum in New York unjustly criticized Pope Pius XII for being silent during World War II. The Church has recently spoken on this topic. The Israeli consul, Pinchas E.

The Argentine pope also follows in the footsteps of Pius XII, who opposed in his encyclical on the Sacred Heart, Haurietis aquas, this devotion to a “society contaminated by religious ...

COMMENTARY: James’ Norris’ 1964 address to the Second Vatican Council delegates is still valid today, especially marking ...

World War II–era Pope Pius XII is a controversial figure, long accused of indifference toward the plight of Holocaust-assailed Jews. But a "Jewish New Yorker who has made it his life's work to ...

Some believe the basilica on Vatican Hill was built over the martyred bones of the apostle Peter—but is that true? After ...

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Pope Francis urges Italian soldiers to seek St. Christopher's guidance for aid and divine support in their lifesaving work ...

Pope Francis released a new encyclical Dilexit Nos (“He Loved Us”) on Thursday, calling for a renewed understanding of devotion to the Sacred Heart in the modern era and its many pressing ...

On May 15, 1956, Pope Pius XII published Haurietis Aquas to refute new objections to the devotion to the Sacred Heart and harmonize it with the idea that the church is the mystical body of Christ.

Subtitled “Letter on the Human and Divine Love of the Heart of Jesus Christ,” the document is the first papal encyclical dedicated entirely to the Sacred Heart since Pope Pius XII’s ...

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

Though initially misunderstood by many, including her fellow nuns, St. Margaret Mary remained steadfast in her mission to reveal Christ’s love to the world. Pope Pius XII’s Haurietis Aquas In 1956, ...