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  2. May 15, 2024 · Pope Pius III, born Francesco Todeschini Piccolomini, was a significant figure in the history of Catholicism and the Catholic Church. Pope Pius IIIs reign as Pope, though brief, was instrumental in shaping the course of the Church and Catholicism as a whole.

  3. May 1, 2024 · Pope Innocent XI (1676-1689) was beatified in 1956, and then Pius IX and John XXIII were beatified in 2000. Pope Paul VI was canonized in 2018 and Pope John Paul I was beatified in 2023....

  4. 2 days ago · pope, (Latin papa, from Greek pappas, “father”), the title, since about the 9th century, of the bishop of Rome, the leader of the Roman Catholic Church. It was formerly given, especially from the 3rd to the 5th century, to any bishop and sometimes to simple priests as an ecclesiastical title expressing affectionate respect.

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  5. May 15, 2024 · The Jesuit order was officially approved by Pope Paul III in 1540 with a papal bull, “ Regimini Militantis Ecclesiae .”. More than two centuries later, Pope Clement XIV used the bull ...

  6. May 16, 2024 · In 1503 he took part in the conclaves that elected first Pope Pius III (in September) and then Pope Julius II (in October). Named papal legate to Bologna and Romagna in 1511, he supervised the reestablishment of Medici control of Florence the following year; although his younger brother, Giuliano, actually held the first place in the Florentine ...

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  7. 3 days ago · ACI Prensa Staff, Feb 7, 2024 / 10:30 am (CNA). On Feb. 7, the Catholic Church remembers Blessed Pius IX, “Pius Nono,” the 255th pope. His pontificate is the second longest in history — a total of 31 years, seven months, and 22 days (June 16, 1846–Feb. 7, 1878).

  8. 6 days ago · papacy, the office and jurisdiction of the bishop of Rome, the pope (Latin papa, from Greek pappas, “father”), who presides over the Holy See (the central government) of the Roman Catholic Church. The term pope was originally applied to all the bishops in the West and also used to describe the patriarch of Alexandria, who still retains the title.

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