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Tuesday, August 21, 20th Week Ordinary Time
MEMORIAL OF ST. PIUS X
Fifth photo from left, top panel: In 1907, Pius X consecrates as bishop the man who would succeed him 7 years later as Benedict XV; and extreme right, Pius X on his deathbed.
ST. PIUS X (Italy, 1835-1914), 257th Pope (1903-1914)
Last year, Benedict XVI dedicated his catechesis on the Wednesday preceding the feast day to his predecessor
www.vatican.va/holy_father/benedict_xvi/audiences/2010/documents/hf_ben-xvi_aud_20100818...
Giuseppe Melchior Sarto was the first Pope to be canonized since Pius V (1566-1672). Born to a peasant family in northern Italy, he had extensive pastoral experience as a parish priest, then Bishop of Mantua and Patriarch of Venice. His election as Pope despite the opposition of the Austrian emperor marked the last time that a Catholic monarch ever had any influence on a papal conclave. As Pope, he rejected modernist tendencies in the Church and promoted orthodox theology and traditional Catholic practices, especially daily Mass and Communion, Marian devotion and Gregorian chant. He encouraged personal piety and a lifestyle reflecting Christian values. Two lasting legacies of his Papacy were lowering the age of First Communion to 7, codifying canon law for the first time, and the Catechism of Pius X. He was a smoker and eventually suffered poor health because of it, though he died of a heart attack. Although he was Pope for only 11 years, his personal holiness was such that post-mortem veneration of him was unprecedented in modern history to that time. Two miracles, instead of the usual one each, were certified for both his beatification in 1944 and his canonization in 1954. He is, of course, the 'hero' of the FSSPX, which is named after him.
Readings for today's Mass:
www.usccb.org/bible/readings/082112.cfm
No bulletins from the Vatican so far.
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