Beneficia Dei

Beneficia Dei ( lat .: The benefits of God) is an encyclical of Pope Pius IX. , it dates from June 4, 1871 and appeared on the occasion of the “twenty-fifth anniversary of his pontificate ”.

Looking back on his 25 years in high office of the Pope, he described the ups and downs of this epoch . He listed some important events that, thanks to the advice of the cardinals and other confreres, were brought to a conclusion during his tenure. To this end, it is one particular dogma to the " Immaculate Conception of the Virgin Mother of God ," the canonization and beatification deserving men and women, the expansion of Catholicism , the contracts between the Catholic Church and friendly countries in Europe and America and have not yet completed agreement and reconciliation with the Eastern Churches . He devotes himself in detail to the chapter of the usurpation of the Holy City and the return from exile , he writes with bitterness about the situation in France and laments the murder of the Archbishop of Paris . Finally, the praise of God , the request for assistance and a permit for indulgences for the high offices held in the cathedrals between June 16 and 21, 1871 , which are connected with the papal blessing by the diocesan bishops .

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