88th Anniversary of the Election of Pope Pius XI (6 Feb 1922)

88th Anniversary of the Election of Pope Pius XI (6 Feb 1922)

Let us commemorate the election of this great pope by reading one of his 31 encyclicals.  I personally recommend Mortalium animos, which seems to be perfectly appropriate given recent events. The following is a list of his encyclicals:


(Online source: Papal Encyclicals Online)

Pope Pius XI Feb. 6, 1922 - Feb. 10, 1939 Acerba Animi (On the Persecution of the Church in Mexico) September 29, 1932 Ad Catholici Sacerdotii (On the Catholic Priesthood) December 20, 1935 Ad Salutem (On St. Augustine) April 30, 1930 Apostolicorum in Missionibus (Decree naming St. Therese co-patron along with St. Francis Xavier of all foreign missions) [Latin], December 14, 1927 Caritate Christi Compulsi (On the Sacred Heart) May 3, 1932 Casti Connubii (On Christian Marriage) December 31, 1930 Dilectissima Nobis (On the Persecution of the Church in Spain) June 3, 1933 Divini Illius Magistri (On Christian Education) December 21, 1929 Divini Redemptoris (On Atheistic Communism) March 19, 1937 Ecclesiam Dei (On St. Jehosophat) November 12, 1923 Ingravescentibus Malis (On the Rosary) September 29, 1937 Iniquis Afflictisque (On the Persecution of the Church in Mexico) November 18, 1926 Lux Veritatis (On the Council of Ephesus) December 25, 1931 Maximam Gravissimamque (On French Diocesan Association) January 18, 1924 Mens Nostra (Promotion of the Spiritual Exercises) December 20, 1929 Miserentissimus Redemptor (Reparation to the Sacred Heart) May 8, 1928 Mit Brennender Sorge (On the Church and the German Reich) March 14, 1937 Mortalium Animos (On Religious Unity) January 6, 1928 Non Abbiamo Bisogno (Catholic Action in Italy) June 29, 1931 Nos Es Muy Conocida (On the Religious Situation in Mexico) March 28, 1937 Nova Impendet (On the Economic Crisis) October 2, 1931 Quadragesimo Anno (Reconstruction of the Social Order) May 15, 1931 Quas Primas (Introducing the Feast of Christ the King) December 11, 1925 Quinquagesimo Ante (On his Sacred Jubilee) December 23, 1929 Rappresentanti In Terra (On Christian Education) December 31, 1929 Rerum condicio: October 4, 1927 A.D. (Apostolic Constitution reforming the Rule of the Third Order Regular) English / Latin Rerum Ecclesiae (On Catholic Missions) February 8, 1926 Rerum Omnium Perturbationem (St. Francis De Sales) January 26, 1923 Rerum Orientalium (On the Promotion of Oriental Studies) September 8, 1928 Rite Expiatis (On St. Francis of Assisi) April 13, 1926 Studiorum Ducem (On St. Thomas Aquinas) June 29, 1923 Ubi Arcano Dei Consilio (On the Peace of Christ in HIs Kingdom) December 23, 1922 Vehementer exultamus hodie: (Bull of Canonization of Saint Thérèse of the Child Jesus and the Holy Face) May 17, 1925 Vigilanti Cura (On Motion Pictures) June 29, 1936