Pius IX
PIUS IX (Giovanni Maria Mastai-Ferretti, 1792–1878), pope of the Roman Catholic Church (1846–1878). Born on May 13 into a family belonging to the gentry of the Papal States, the ...
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Pius IX (1792-1878) was pope from 1846 to 1878. He began his reign devoted to liberal ideals but, embittered by the anticlericalism of Italian liberals and by the assault on papal territories by the n...
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Today is Friday, Dec. 8, the 342nd day of 2006. There are 23 days left in the year.Today's Highlight in History:On Dec. 8, 1980, rock star John Lennon was shot to death outside his New York City ap...
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Pope Benedict XVI elevated 23 clerics from around the world to the top ranks of the Catholic Church Saturday, including the Chaldean patriarch of Baghdad, whom he welcomed by saying he was praying ...
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Pius IX
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Today in history - Dec. 8
