The canonization process of Pope Pius XII dates to shortly after his death in 1958. He was declared a servant of God in 1990 and venerable in 2009. Father...

officials at St. Peter's Basilica. Pius X became the first pope to be canonized since Pius V in 1712. His canonization ceremony was taped and recorded by...

Pope Pius XII (1939–1958) canonized numerous saints, including Pope Pius X and Maria Goretti. He beatified Pope Innocent XI. The first canonizations of...

elected pope on 28 October 1958 at age 76 after Pope Pius XII's death. Pope John XXIII surprised those who expected him to be a caretaker pope by calling...

Pope Pius XII (Italian: Pio XII; born Eugenio Maria Giuseppe Giovanni Pacelli; 2 March 1876 – 9 October 1958) was the head of the Catholic Church and...

List of saints canonized by Pope Pius XII List of saints canonized by Pope John XXIII List of saints canonized by Pope Paul VI List of saints canonized by...

Maria Goretti at St. Maria Goretti's canonization: (in Italian) Pope Pius XII's speech (in Latin) Pope Pius XII's homily An "Insight" episode based on...

saints canonized by Pope Leo XIII List of saints canonized by Pope Pius XI List of saints canonized by Pope Pius XII List of saints canonized by Pope John...

Pope Pius VIII (Italian: Pio VIII; born Francesco Saverio Maria Felice Castiglioni; 20 November 1761 – 30 November 1830) was head of the Catholic Church...

of State from 1922 to 1954, and along with Domenico Tardini was considered the closest and most influential advisor of Pope Pius XII. In 1954, Pius named...

Catholics Popes Pius XI (1922–1939) and Pius XII (1939–1958) led the Catholic Church during the rise and fall of Nazi Germany. Around a third of Germans...

Pope from 1978 to 2005: List of saints canonized by Pope Leo XIII List of saints canonized by Pope Pius XI List of saints canonized by Pope Pius XII List...

Strambi served as bishop for the remainder of the pontificate of Pope Pius VII before his successor Pope Leo XII accepted Strambi's resignation and summoned...

Pope Pius XII and Russia describes relations of the Vatican with the Soviet Union, Russia, the Eastern Orthodox Church, and the Eastern Catholic Churches...

Pope Pius XII's response to the Roman razzia (Italian for roundup), or mass deportation of Jews, on October 16, 1943, is a significant issue relating to...

Pope Pius XI and canonized on July 27, 1947, by Pope Pius XII. Labouré's feast day is observed on November 28 according to the liturgical calendar of...

been the ultimate result of Pius XI's condemnation, though these claims have been disputed. Pius XI's successor, Pope Pius XII, repealed the papal ban...

The relations between Pope Pius XII and Judaism have long been controversial, especially those questions that surround Pope Pius XII and the Holocaust. Other...

List of saints canonized by Pope Leo XIII List of saints canonized by Pope Pius XI List of saints canonized by Pope Pius XII List of saints canonized by...

Gemma of Lucca, was an Italian mystic, canonized as a saint in the Catholic Church in 1940. She has been called the "daughter of the Passion" because of her...

and was canonized a saint by Pope Pius XII in 1954. Bosco regarded Savio very highly, and wrote a biography of his young student, The Life of Dominic...

and the development of a full Christology, e.g. as in Pius XII's Mystici corporis Christi and John Paul II's Redemptoris Mater. Popes were highly important...

promulgated the Code of Canon Law, which was released on 27 May, the creation of which he had prepared with Eugenio Pacelli (the future Pope Pius XII) and Pietro...

Several authors have alleged that there was a plot to kidnap Pope Pius XII by the Nazis when they occupied Rome during World War II. SS General Karl Wolff...

Pope Pius XII (r. 1939–1958) created 56 cardinals in two consistories. On both occasions Pius tried to bring the membership of the College of Cardinals...

languages. In 1800, he became a member of the Academy of the Catholic Religion, founded by Pope Pius VII (1800–1823), to which he contributed memoirs on...

he was beatified in 1956 by Pope Pius XII. Benedetto Odescalchi was born in Como on 16 May 1611, the son of a nobleman of Como, Livio Odescalchi, who...

(occurring after death) enabled Pope Pius XII to preside over his beatification on 16 June 1940. The ratification of an additional two miracles (occurring...

Pope Pius IX in 1853 and canonized by Pope Pius XII in 1950. She is the patroness saint of Ecuador. Her relics are in the Church of the Society of Jesus...

when Pius VI was given a Catholic funeral, attended by Pope Pius VII, his successor. By decree of Pope Pius XII in 1949, the remains of Pius VI were...