Editing Pope Pius X (section)

== Catechism of Saint Pius X ==
[[File:Gala Berlin with red hammercloth.jpg|thumb|upright=1.8|right|Gala Berlin produced in Rome by the Casalini brothers, renowned carriage manufacturers, during the papacy of Pius IX, whose coat of arms is painted on both doors. As shown by the emblems of Pius&nbsp;IX and Pius&nbsp;X, painted on the right and left doors, respectively, the carriage was used during various pontificates until the beginning of the twentieth century.]]
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In his 1905 letter ''Acerbo nimis'', Pius X mandated the establishment of the Confraternity of Christian Doctrine (catechism class) in every parish in the world, and he extolled cathetical training as a method of religious teaching.<ref name="Steven M 1997 pp.57-80" />{{sfn|Sarto|1905a}}

The ''Catechism of Pius X'' is his realisation of a simple, plain, brief, popular [[catechism]] for uniform use throughout the whole world; it was used in the ecclesiastical province of Rome and for some years in other parts of Italy; it was not, however, prescribed for use throughout the universal Church.{{sfn|Sarto|1905|p=3}} It was issued in 1908 in Italian as ''Catechismo della dottrina Cristiana, Pubblicato per Ordine del Sommo Pontifice San Pio X''. An English translation (''Catechism of Saint Pius X'') runs to 115 pages.{{Sfn|Sarto|1905|p=2}}

Pope [[Pope Benedict XVI|Benedict XVI]] praised its "simplicity of exposition and depth of content. Also because of this, Pius X's catechism might have friends in the future."<ref>{{cite news |last=Ratzinger |first=Joseph |author-link=Pope Benedict XVI |title=On the Abridged Version of Catechism |url=http://www.zenit.org/article-7161?l=english |url-status=dead |newspaper=[[Zenit News Agency|Zenit]] |date=2 May 2003 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080218102213/http://www.zenit.org/article-7161?l=english |archive-date=18 February 2008}}.</ref><ref name="Giorni">{{citation |last=Ratzinger |first=Joseph |title=Interview |url=http://www.30giorni.it/us/articolo.asp?id=775 |url-status=dead |quote=The text... was characterized by simplicity of exposition and depth of content. That is also a reason why the Catechism of Saint Pius X may still find friends in the future |publisher=30 giorni |location=Italy |access-date=23 June 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071021023528/http://www.30giorni.it/us/articolo.asp?id=775 |archive-date=21 October 2007}}.</ref> Asked in 2003 whether the almost 100-year-old work was still valid, Cardinal [[Pope Benedict XVI|Joseph Ratzinger]] said: "The faith as such is always the same. Hence the Catechism of Saint Pius X always preserves its value. Whereas ways of transmitting the contents of the faith can change instead. And hence one may wonder whether the Catechism of Saint Pius X can in that sense still be considered valid today."<ref name="Giorni" /> 

The [[Society of Saint Pius X]] (SSPX), a [[Canonical situation of the Society of Saint Pius X|canonically irregular]], [[Traditionalist Catholicism|traditionalist]] fraternity, recommends the Catechism of Saint Pius X over the 1992 ''[[Catechism of the Catholic Church]]''.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2013-12-18 |title=Is the New Catechism Catholic? |url=https://sspx.org/en/new-catechism-catholic |access-date= |website=District of the USA |language=en}}</ref>