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 IX., Pontiff of holy memory, surrounded by a noble ...
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 knowledge falsely so called. There has never been a time when th...
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 affectionate and benevolent sentiments toward the Ca...
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 Brethren, of the incredible series of e...
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 evil and error are presented in dynamic language which, concealing ...
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 he is dead, he yet speaks.[1] Both in word and ...
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, the Pontiff Gregory, first...
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 Us in the work of restoring all things in Christ, reawakens in Our heart a great ...
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 means IX. Conclusion Among the cares of the pastor...
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 are even more serious when they concern sacred authority, the i...
