On Feb. 7, the Catholic Church remembers Blessed Pius IX, “Pius Nono,” the 255th pope. His pontificate is the second longest in history — a total of 31 years, seven months, and 22 days (June 16, ...

The “Personal Corporeal Presence of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Heaven” is the name of a new dogma which, it is confidently said, and equally confidently denied, Pope Pius XI will promulgate this year.

While the dogma of the Immaculate Conception would not be proclaimed until 1854, the Church in Spain had long venerated Our Lady’s Immaculate Conception. In 1585, a miracle attributed to the ...