Events Tagged: "Pius X"

Pope Saint Pius X elected - Restore all things in Christ - lowers First Communion age to 7

Pope Pius X condemns Modernism in encyclical 'Pascendi Dominici Gregis' - 'Modernism is the synthesis of all heresies'

Pope Pius X lowers age for First Communion to 7 years old with decree 'Quam Singulari' - 'The age of discretion for receiving Holy Communion is when a child knows the difference between ordinary bread and the Eucharist'

Pope Pius X institutes anti-Modernist oath for all clergy in 'Sacrorum Antistitum' - 'I sincerely hold that the doctrine of faith was handed down to us from the apostles through the orthodox Fathers'

Pope St. Pius X dies of broken heart - 'I have seen the war' - dies offering life for peace

Pope Saint Pius X dies - last entry before World War I