Editing Pope Pius X (section)

==Pontificate==
[[File:Spiox.jpg|thumb|An official photograph of Pius X wearing [[Papal regalia]] on 14 August 1903 ]]
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[[File:PiusXvatgarden.jpg|thumb|right|Pope Pius X resting in the [[Vatican Gardens]] in July 1913]]
The pontificate of Pius X was noted for conservative theology and reforms in liturgy and Church law. In what became his motto, the Pope in 1903 devoted his papacy to ''Instaurare Omnia in Christo'', "to restore all things in Christ." In his first encyclical (''[[E supremi apostolatus]]'', 4 October 1903), he stated his overriding policy: "We champion the authority of God. His authority and Commandments should be recognized, deferred to, and respected."

Continuing his simple origins, he wore a pectoral cross of gilded metal on the day of his coronation; and when his entourage was horrified, the new pope declared he always wore it and had brought no other with him.<ref name="Steven M 1997 pp.57-80">{{citation |last1=Avella |first1=Steven M. |last2=Zalar |first2=Jeffrey |title=Sanctity in the Era of Catholic Action: The Case of St. Pius X |newspaper=Catholic Historian |location=US |volume=15 |number=4 |edition=Spirituality and Devotionalism |pages=57–80 |date=Fall 1997}}</ref> He was well known for reducing papal ceremonies. He also abolished the custom of the pope dining alone, since the time of [[Pope Urban VIII]], and invited his friends to eat with him.{{efn|[[Pope Pius XI]] revived the practice of dining alone during his pontificate but no other successor of Pius X is known to have followed this custom.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.npr.org/2014/01/27/265794658/pope-and-mussolini-tells-the-secret-history-of-fascism-and-the-church|website=NPR|title='Pope and Mussolini' Tells the 'Secret History' of Fascism and the Church |access-date=4 February 2014}}</ref>}}

When chided by Rome's social leaders for refusing to make his peasant sisters papal countesses, he responded: "I have made them sisters of the Pope; what more can I do for them?"<ref name="Steven M 1997 pp.57-80" />

He developed a reputation as being very friendly with children. He carried candy in his pockets for the street urchins in Mantua and Venice, and taught them [[catechism]]. During papal audiences, he would gather children around him and talk about things that interested them. His weekly catechism lessons in the courtyard of San Damaso in the Vatican always included a special place for children, and his decision to require the [[Confraternity of Christian Doctrine]] in every parish was partly motivated by a desire to save children from religious ignorance.<ref name="Steven M 1997 pp.57-80" />

Noted for his humility and simplicity, he declared that he had not changed personally save for his white cassock. Aides consistently needed to remind him not to wipe his pen on the white cassock, as he had previously done on his black cassock which hid stains. The new pope's schedule was quite similar each day. He rose at 4:00am before celebrating Mass at 6:00am. He was at his desk at 8:00am to receive private audiences. On his desk stood statues of [[John Vianney]] and [[Joan of Arc]], both of whom he beatified in his papacy. At noon, he conducted a general audience with pilgrims, then had lunch at 1:00pm with his two secretaries or whomever else he invited to dine with him. Resting for a short while after lunch, Pius X would then return to work before dining at 9:00pm and a final stint of work before sleep.<ref name="SPX" />