Pope St. Pius X- Pope of the Blessed Sacrament.

Life of pope pius X, known to be the most popular pope of the 20th century. He promoted, daily communion, and allowed children 7 years old to attend holy communion.

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[tnoeldillon]

He was never a popular pope and is not historically popular as he was a disaster.

[checkthisout732]

@tnoeldillon what are you talking about?

[BloodTar]

Catholicism is a horrible religion with a horrible past. Catholicism currently has an admitted Nazi-youth pope heading the vatican.

[checkthisout732]

@BloodTar Then why are you even here?!? O yeah, btw, Pope Penedict was FORCED into the Nazi-youth Group. I bet the family of his, and his own family was in danger if he didnt join. Every German male I think was supposed to join this group. He never wanted to get your facts straight.

[OrganOfPraise7]

Ora pro nobis Pius X!

[jcapist]

I wish the letters were not red. They are VERY hard to read. Love this pope! He allowed young children to receive our Lord, as long as they are aware of the meaning of this wonderful sacrament.

[SuperGreatSphinx]

Considered a holy person by many, public veneration of Pope Pius began soon after his death. Numerous petitions resulted in an early process of beatification.

[SuperGreatSphinx]

He rejected any kind of favours for his family; his brother remained a postal clerk, his favourite nephew stayed on as village priest, and his three sisters lived together close to poverty in Rome. He often referred to his own humble origins, taking up the causes of poor people. "I was born poor, I have lived poor, and I wish to die poor."

[SuperGreatSphinx]

Personally, Pius combined within himself a strong sense of compassion, benevolence and poverty, but also stubbornness and a certain stiffness. He wanted to be pastoral and was the only pope in the 20th century who gave Sunday sermons every week. His charity was extraordinary, filling the Apostolic Palace with refugees from the 1908 Messina earthquake, long before the Italian government began to act on its own.

[SuperGreatSphinx]

Pius opposed modernism, which claimed that Roman Catholic Dogma should be modernized and blended with nineteenth century philosophies. He viewed modernism as an import of secular errors affecting three areas of Roman Catholic belief: theology, philosophy, and dogma.

[SuperGreatSphinx]

His immediate predecessor had actively promoted a synthesis between the Catholic Church and secular culture; faith and science; and divine revelation and reason. Pius X defended the Catholic faith against popular 19th century views such as indifferentism and relativism which his predecessors had warned against as well. He followed the example of Leo XIII by promoting Thomas Aquinas and Thomism as the principal philosophical method to be taught in Catholic institutions.

[SuperGreatSphinx]

Pius X was the only Pope in the 20th century with extensive pastoral experience at the parish level, and pastoral concerns permeated his papacy; he favoured the use of the vernacular in catechesis. Frequent communion was a lasting innovation of his papacy. Pius X, like Pope Pius IX, was considered by some to be too outspoken or brusque. His direct style and condemnations did not gain him much support in the aristocratic societies of pre - World War I Europe.

[SuperGreatSphinx]

Pius was particularly devoted to Mary; his encyclical Ad Diem Illum expresses his desire through Mary to renew all things in Christ, which he had defined as his motto in his first encyclical. Pius believed that there is no surer or more direct road than by Mary to achieve this goal.

[SuperGreatSphinx]

His most important reform was to publish the first Code of Canon Law, which collected the laws of the Church into one volume for the first time. He was a pastoral pope, encouraging personal piety and a lifestyle reflecting Christian values. He was born in the town of Riese, which would later append "Pio X" (Pius X's name in Italian) to the town's name.