The phrase "Christ is King" is being coopted by fringe elements, say the authors of a new scientific study on online ...

Consider the case of Pope Pius XI nearly a century ago. Historian David Kertzer, author of “The Pope At War,” discovered that the ailing Pope Pius XI wrote a speech condemning Italian leader ...

Built on land donated by Pope Pius XI to the theologian and physician Agostino Gemelli in 1934, it has become known as the ...

According to reports, in 1930, the German automaker delivered its first “official” popemobile Pope Pius XI. The vehicle was a Nurburg 460 Pullman that6 featured luxurious silk carpeting and ...

Pope Pius XI signed the Lateran Treaty of 1929, which established Vatican City as an independent state. This marked a shift ...

But the Nazis quickly violated its articles. In Lent 1937 Pope Pius XI issued the encyclical "Mit brennender Sorge" (With burning sorrow) with the help of German bishops and Cardinal Pacelli ...

June 7, 1929 – The Treaty of the Lateran is ratified. Pope Pius XI gives up all claims to the Papal States, and Italy agrees to the establishment of the independent State of Vatican City.