I randomly found a Pius X Relic Prayer Card

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So, a family friend of mine was doing a construction Job and noticed that in the trash being thrown away were some Bibles and missals. He took them home, knowing that I would take them.

Anyway, in the missal, there was a prayer card with what I believe to be a third-class relic of Pope Saint Pius X. I’d upload some pictures, but I cant as a new user.

On the back, there is a prayer to the Holy Father, as well as some writing in Latin, which I can only in part decipher.
it writes,

Romae, die 29 maii 1954
Nihil Obstat
Salvator Natucci, Fidei Promotor Gen.
Impimatur: in Curia Archiepiscopali Mediolani
die 12 martii 1951(47 years prior to my birthday)
D.Bernareggi Vic.Gen.

Would anyone be able to give me some better context for what this is trying to convey? Google Translate doesn’t do much of a great job at translating Latin.
 
The Nihil Obstat and the Impimatur are showing that a work is free of doctrinal error and may be printed.

The dates possibly when the Nihil Obstat and
Impimatur were given?
 
Pope Pius X was canonized on 29 May 1954. The prayer card was probably released for his canonization. The Fidei Promoter Gen would have been the “Devils advocate” who in those days was tasked with arguing against his canonization cause and trying to find reasons he shouldnt be a saint. (Corrected because i looked it up). It probably does have a third class relic on it. It’s good it was rescued from the trash.

It sounds to me like St. Pius X is “saying hello” to you. You should ask him for his intercession and consider having him for one of your go-to saints.
 
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We owe St Pius X a hugh debt regarding frequent Communion, permission for the reception of the Blessed Sacrament, and of Confession by young children.
« My predecessor Saint Pius X offered a touching testimony of pastoral love for children when he took the decision regarding Holy Communion. He not only lowered the age necessary to approach the Table of the Lord, something of which I availed myself in 1929, he also made it possible to receive Communion even before the age of seven if the child demonstrates sufficient discernment. Early Holy Communion was a pastoral decision which deserves to be praised and remembered because it has produced many fruits of holiness and apostolate among children, even fostering the discovery of priestly vocations» (John-Paul II, « Arise ! Let us go! », 2004 ).

http://www.vatican.va/roman_curia/c..._ic_infantia_doc_20090324_boletin13p7_en.html

https://www.ewtn.com/library/CURIA/CDWFREQ.HTM

http://www.vatican.va/roman_curia/c...nts/rc_con_cclergy_doc_07121980_fconf_en.html
 
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