St. Peter Canisius--Biographical Sketch of the Venerable Servant of God

St. Peter Canisius--Biographical Sketch

of the Venerable Servant of God

by Pope Pius IX, 1884

The heroic virtues of which the blessed Peter Canisins has given us an example, and the marked service that he has rendered to the Catholic Church, have conferred upon his memory an undying glory. Stanislaus Ilosins, the celebrated cardinal, calls him the hammer of heretics. According to Baronins, he was a very venerable man , whose praises are in the movihs of all Christians. 

Pope Pius IX: ON PRIESTS AND THE CARE OF SOULS

Pope Pius IX: ON PRIESTS AND THE CARE OF SOULS 

AMANTISSIMI REDEMPTORIS

ON PRIESTS AND THE CARE OF SOULS
ENCYCLICAL OF POPE PIUS IX
MAY 3, 1858
To Our Venerable Brothers, the Patriarchs, Primates, Archbishops, Bishops, other Ordinaries who have Friendship and Communion with the Apostolic See.
Greetings and Apostolic Blessing.
Christ's love towards men was so great that not only was He willing to endure most cruel sufferings for our salvation and an atrocious death on the cross, but also He wished to nourish us eternally in the sacrament of His body and blood. In this way, He might strengthen us by the presence of His divinity and be the safest bulwark of our spiritual life. And not content to have loved us with such an outstanding and truly divine love, He heaped benefits on benefits, poured out the riches of His love upon us, and, as you know so well, having loved His own He loved them to the end.

POPE PIUS IX: ON PROMOTION OF FALSE DOCTRINES

ON PROMOTION OF FALSE DOCTRINES

QUANTO CONFICIAMUR MOERORE
ENCYCLICAL OF POPE PIUS IX
AUGUST 10, 1863

To Our Beloved Sons, S. R. E. Cardinals and to Our Venerable Brothers, the Archbishops and Bishops of Italy.
Our Beloved Sons and Venerable Brothers, Greetings and Apostolic Benediction.
How much cause we have to grieve over the most cruel and sacrilegious war brought upon the Catholic Church in almost all regions of the world during these turbulent times, and especially declared upon unhappy Italy before our very eyes many years ago by the Piedmontese Government and stirred up more violently day by day, each of you, our beloved sons and venerable brothers, easily understands. In the midst of our great distress, however, as long as you keep watch with us, we are deeply comforted and consoled. Although you are, indeed, most deplorably harassed by every grave injustice possible, torn away from your own flock, exiled and even cast into prison, nevertheless, with your profound virtue you have never neglected to speak and to write in ardent defense of the teachings of God, his Church, and this Apostolic See.

POPE PIUS IX: PLEADING FOR UNITY OF SPIRIT

INTER MULTIPLICES

ENCYCLICAL OF POPE PIUS IX
PLEADING FOR UNITY OF SPIRIT
MARCH 21, 1853

To Our Beloved Sons Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church, and Venerable Brothers Archbishops and Bishops of France.
Beloved Sons of Ours and Venerable Brothers, Greetings and Apostolic Benediction.
Among the many anxieties arising from Our concern for all the churches given to Us, though unworthy, by the hidden deliberation of divine Providence, far too many are the people about whom the Apostle foretold, "There will come a time when they will not endure sound doctrine; having itching ears, they will heap up to themselves teachers to suit their own likings. But the wicked and impostors will go from bad to worse, erring and leading into error."[l]

Pope Pius IX: AMANTISSIMI REDEMPTORIS "ON PRIESTS AND THE CARE OF SOULS"

AMANTISSIMI REDEMPTORIS

ON PRIESTS AND THE CARE OF SOULS
ENCYCLICAL OF POPE PIUS IX
MAY 3, 1858

To Our Venerable Brothers, the Patriarchs, Primates, Archbishops, Bishops, other Ordinaries who have Friendship and Communion with the Apostolic See.
Greetings and Apostolic Blessing.
Christ's love towards men was so great that not only was He willing to endure most cruel sufferings for our salvation and an atrocious death on the cross, but also He wished to nourish us eternally in the sacrament of His body and blood. In this way, He might strengthen us by the presence of His divinity and be the safest bulwark of our spiritual life.

Destroy FreeMasonry: Pope Pius IX 1848-1878

Pope Pius IX 1848-1878

The chief work of Judeo-Masonry planned by Cavour, Mazzini and Garibaldi was reaching its goal under the Pontificate of Pope Pius IX, with the downfall of Papal temporal power. According to the theories of those sectarians of Masonry, such a loss was sure to entail also that of spiritual power; accordingly the new Pope fixed the responsibility for the conspiracy upon the Secret Societies when, in the Encyclical following his advent, he wrote on November 9, 1846:

Pope Pius IX (1846-1878) On Promotion of False Doctrines

Pope Pius IX (1846-1878) On Promotion of False Doctrines 
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"Here, too, our beloved sons and venerable brothers, it is again necessary to mention and censure a very grave error entrapping some Catholics who believe that it is possible to arrive at eternal salvation although living in error and alienated from the true faith and Catholic unity.