Events that occurred this week in Christian history include the consecration of St. John the Divine Cathedral, the death of a prolific hymnwriter and Pope Pius IX fleeing Rome.

Guardian Angels Catholic Church in Chaska is celebrating the 150th anniversary of Our Lady of Perpetual Help. The church is inviting the public to visit the icon at the church, 215 Second Street ...

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 ...

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 ...

Pope Pius IX, who as a boy had prayed before the picture in San Matteo, became interested in the discovery. But at that time, the ruins of San Matteo were in the grounds of a convent of the ...

Yet it has not always been this way. It was only with Pope Pius IX in the mid-19th century that the papacy would become so visible. He was the first to have his picture widely displayed in ...

The church has long embraced communication media to advance its mission. In the early 20th century, Pope Pius IX acknowledged that movies could be important tools for teaching about faith and ...