Editing Pope Pius X (section)

== Church reforms and theology ==

===Restoration in Christ and Mariology===
In his 1904 encyclical ''[[Ad diem illum]]'', he views Mary in the context of "restoring everything in Christ".

He wrote:
{{blockquote|Spiritually we all are her children and she is the mother of us, therefore, she is to be revered like a mother.{{sfn | Sarto | 1904 | loc = 10}} Christ is the Word made Flesh and the Savior of mankind. He had a physical body like every other man: and as savior of the human family, he had a spiritual and mystical body, the Church. This, the Pope argues has consequences for our view of the Blessed Virgin. She did not conceive the Eternal Son of God merely that He might be made man taking His human nature from her, but also, by giving him her human nature, that He might be the Redeemer of men. Mary, carrying the Savior within her, also carried all those whose life was contained in the life of the Savior. Therefore, all the faithful united to Christ, are members of His body, of His flesh, and of His bones<ref>Ephes. v., 30.</ref> from the womb of Mary like a body united to its head. Through a spiritual and mystical fashion, all are children of Mary, and she is their Mother. Mother, spiritually, but truly Mother of the members of Christ (S. Aug. L. de S. Virginitate, c. 6).{{sfn | Sarto | 1904 | loc = 10}}}}During Pius X's pontificate, many famed Marian images were granted a [[canonical coronation]]: [[Our Lady of Aparecida]], [[Our Lady of the Pillar]], [[Our Lady of the Cape]], [[Our Lady of the Rosary of Chiquinquirá|Our Lady of Chiquinquira of Colombia]], [[Our Lady of San Juan de los Lagos]], [[Our Lady of La Naval de Manila]], [[Cathedral Basilica of Our Lady of Help (Valencia, Venezuela)|Virgin of Help of Venezuela]], [[Church of Our Lady of Mt. Carmel (Manhattan)|Our Lady of Carmel of New York]], the Marian icon of [[Santuario della Consolata]] and the [[Immaculate Conception]] within the ''Chapel of the Choir'' inside [[Saint Peter's Basilica]] were granted this prestigious honor.