ACERBO NIMIS ENCYCLICAL OF POPE PIUS X ON TEACHING CHRISTIAN DOCTRINE APRIL 15, 1905 To the Patriarchs, Primates, Archbishops, Bishops and other Ordinaries in Peace and Communion with the Apostolic See. Venerable Brethren, Health and the Apostolic Blessing. At this very troublesome and difficult time, the hidden designs of God have conducted Our poor strength […]

Encyclical of Pope Pius X On The Immaculate Conception to the Patriarchs, Primates, Archbishops, Bishops, and other Ordinaries in peace and communion with the Apostolic See Venerable Brethren, Health and the Apostolic Blessing. An interval of a few months will again bring round that most happy day on which, fifty years ago, Our Predecessor Pius […]

ON ST. ANSELM OF AOSTA COMMUNIUM RERUM Encyclical of Pope Pius X promulgated on April 21, 1909. To Our Venerable Brethren the Patriarchs, Primates, Archbishops, Bishops and other Ordinaries in Peace and Communion with the Apostolic See. Venerable Brethren, Health and the Apostolic Benediction. Amid the general troubles of the time and the recent disasters […]

To the Patriarchs, Primates, Archbishops, Bishops and other Ordinaries in Peace and Communion with the Apostolic See. Venerable Brethren, Health and the Apostolic Benediction In addressing you for the first time from the Chair of the supreme apostolate to which We have, by the inscrutable disposition of God, been elevated, it is not necessary to […]

EDITAE SAEPE Encyclical of Pope Pius X promulgated on May 26, 1910. To the Patriarchs, Primates, Archbishops, Bishops and other Ordinaries in Peace and Communion with the Apostolic See. Venerable Brethren, Health and the Apostolic Blessing.   Sacred Scripture records the divine word saying that men will remember the just man forever, for even though […]

ON FRENCH ASSOCIATIONS OF WORSHIP GRAVISSIMO OFFICII MUNERE Encyclical of Pope Pius X promulgated on August 10, 1906. To Our Venerable Brethren, the Archbishops, and Bishops, of France. Venerable Brethren, Health and the Apostolic Benediction. We are about to discharge today a very grave obligation of Our office, an obligation which We assumed towards you […]

ON THE LAW OF SEPARATION IN PORTUGAL IAMDUDUM Encyclical of Pope Pius X promulgated on May 24, 1911. To Our Venerable Brethren, the Patriarchs, Primates, Archbishops, Bishops, and the Ordinaries of other places in Peace and Communion with the Apostolic See. Venerable Brethren, Health and Apostolic Benediction. You are already, We think, well aware, Venerable […]

IL FERMO PROPOSITO ENCYCLICAL OF POPE PIUS X ON CATHOLIC ACTION IN ITALY JUNE 11, 1905 To the Bishops of Italy. Venerable Brethren, Health and the Apostolic Blessing. The firm purpose and desire which We resolved upon at the beginning of Our Pontificate to consecrate all the energy which the good Lord deigns to grant […]

IUCUNDA SANE ENCYCLICAL OF POPE PIUS X ON POPE GREGORY THE GREAT MARCH 12, 1904 To Our Venerable Brethren, the Patriarchs, Primates, Archbishops, Bishops, and other Ordinaries in Peace and Communion with the Apostolic See. Venerable Brethren, Health and the Apostolic Benediction. Joyful indeed comes the remembrance, Venerable Brethren, of that great and incomparable man, […]

SYLLABUS CONDEMNING THE ERRORS OF THE MODERNISTS LAMENTABILI SANE Pius X. July 3, 1907 With truly lamentable results, our age, casting aside all restraint in its search for the ultimate causes of things, frequently pursues novelties so ardently that it rejects the legacy of the human race. Thus it falls into very serious errors, which […]

 Tra le Sollecitudini Instruction on Sacred Music Pope Pius X             Motu Proprio promulgated on November 22, 1903 I. General Principles II. The different kinds of Sacred Music III. The Liturgical Text IV. External form of the sacred compositions V. The singers VI. Organ and instruments VII. The length of the liturgical chant VIII. Principal […]

Notre Charge Apostolique “Our Apostolic Mandate” Given by Pope Pius X to the French Bishops August 15, 1910 Our Apostolic Mandate requires from Us that We watch over the purity of the Faith and the integrity of Catholic discipline. It requires from Us that We protect the faithful from evil and error; especially so when […]

VENERABLE BRETHREN, HEALTH AND THE APOSTOLIC BLESSING: 1. One of the primary obligations assigned by Christ to the office divinely committed to Us of feeding the Lord’s flock is that of guarding with the greatest vigilance the deposit of the faith delivered to the saints, rejecting the profane novelties of words and the gainsaying of […]

ON THE CLERGY IN ITALY PIENI L’ANIMO Encyclical of Pope Pius X promulgated on July 28, 1906. To the Venerable Brethren, the Archbishops, and Bishops of Italy. Venerable Brethren, Health and the Apostolic Blessing. Our soul is fearful of the strict rendering that We shall one day be called upon to make to Jesus Christ, […]

ON LABOR ORGANIZATIONS SINGULARI QUADAM Encyclical of Pope Pius X promulgated on September 24, 1912. To Our Beloved Son, George Kopp, Cardinal Priest of the Holy Roman Church, Bishop of Breslau, and to the other Archbishops and Bishops of Germany. Beloved Son and Venerable Brethren, Health and the Apostolic Blessing. We are moved by particularly […]

ON THE MARIAVITES OR MYSTIC PRIESTS OF POLAND TRIBUS CIRCITER Encyclical of Pope Pius X promulgated on April 5, 1906 To Our Venerable Brethren, the Archbishops of Warsaw, and Bishops of Plotsk and Lublin among the Poles. Venerable Brethren, Health and the Apostolic Benediction. About three years ago this Apostolic See was duly informed that […]

ON THE SEPARATION OF CHURCH AND STATE UNE FOIS ENCORE Encyclical Of Pope Pius X promulgated on January 6, 1907. To Our Venerable Brethren, the Cardinals, Archbishops, and Bishops of France and to the French Clergy and People. Venerable Brethren and Beloved Sons, Health and Apostolic Benediction. Once again the serious events which have been […]

VEHEMENTER NOS – ON THE FRENCH LAW OF SEPARATION Encyclical of Pope Pius X promulgated on February 11, 1906. To Our Well-beloved Sons, Francois Marie Richard, Cardinal Archbishop of Paris; Victor Lucien Lecot, Cardinal Archbishop of Bordeaux; Pierre Hector Couillie, Cardinal Archbishop of Lyons; Joseph Guillaume Laboure, Cardinal Archbishop of Rennes; and to all Our […]