Editing Pope Pius X (section)

== Activities for the United States ==
In 1903, Pius X negotiated a deal with the United States Government, allowing it to purchase all land owned by Catholic friars in the recently acquired territory of the [[Philippines]] for a total of $7 million. The agreement was made between Pius X and Philippine Governor-General [[William Howard Taft]] after previous negotiations between Taft and [[Pope Leo XIII]] had failed.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Taft's Curious Connection with the Church - 1901-2000 Church History |url=https://www.christianity.com/church/church-history/timeline/1901-2000/tafts-curious-connection-with-the-church-11630671.html |access-date=2024-09-03 |website=Christianity.com |language=en}}</ref>

In 1908, Pius X lifted the United States out of its missionary status, in recognition of the growth of the [[Catholic Church in the United States|Church in America]].<ref name="Steven M 1997 pp.57-80" /> Fifteen new dioceses were created in the US during his pontificate, and he named two American cardinals. He was very popular among American Catholics, often depicted as an ordinary man from a poor family, raised by God to the papal throne.<ref name="Steven M 1997 pp.57-80" />

In 1910, the pope refused an audience with former [[Vice President of the United States|Vice President]] [[Charles W. Fairbanks]], who had addressed the [[Methodism|Methodist]] association in Rome, as well as with former [[President of the United States|President]] [[Theodore Roosevelt]], who intended to address the same association.<ref name="Steven M 1997 pp.57-80"/><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://cdnc.ucr.edu/cgi-bin/cdnc?a=d&d=SFC19100404.2.10|title=San Francisco Call 4 April 1910 — California Digital Newspaper Collection|website=cdnc.ucr.edu|access-date=2017-09-22}}</ref>

On 8 July 1914, Pope Pius X approved the request of [[Cardinalate|Cardinal]] [[James Gibbons]] to invoke the [[Patronages of the Immaculate Conception|patronage of the Immaculate Conception]] for the construction site of the [[National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception]] in [[Washington, D.C.]]{{Citation needed|date=February 2012}}