And because of Pius, she was clearly going to be late.

St. Pius feels like a place where time has been turned back.

Pius turned over, as if going to sleep, and died.

But, said Pius, private property has a social function as well.

He was forced to make a full submission to Pius.

He is the last pope to take the name "Pius" upon his election.

"It must have been difficult to see Pius every day when you knew what dreadful things he was doing to the students."

There is a great deal in Pius's character that seems contradictory.

"You were with Pius much of the time he was ill.

Some people thought he had modeled himself on Pius, but they were mistaken.

But by that time Pius had become alarmed at the pace of change.

In Pius's case the bill came late, presented a few hours after the last gasp.

And much of Pius's reign had seemed a preparation for the event.

My colleague Pius took three years to hatch his first victory.

I must tell you the secret, Pius had said.

No expert really could have expected the commission to criticize Pius directly.

Pius described his delight with country life in very pleasing language.

Pope Pius has right and might, in his way.

Actually of course my presence had nothing to do with Pius's call for swords about the cross.

But Pius had no particular sympathy with the poor.

There was a hollow ring to this claim, however, and no one knew it better than Pius.

The truth was, Pius had just about had his fill of me.

In fact, evolution was not the main concern of Pius's encyclical.

As for the world, Pius saw no reason to alter the analysis set out in his first encyclical.

Pius recognized that much had to be done and instituted a reform commission in 1851.