Rorate Caeli

General Audience: Saint Pius X

In his General Audience at Castel Gandolfo earlier today, Pope Benedict XVI spoke of his holy predecessor, Saint Pius X. The immense apostolic work of the holy Pope was mentioned and praised in all its aspects: the reform of Canon Law, the catechetical work, his concern for the liturgy and for sacred music, his struggle against Modernism, his great accomplishments in the fields of frequent Communion and First Communion at a younger age.

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