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1 day ago · The pope ( Latin: papa, from Ancient Greek: πάππας, romanized : páppas, lit. 'father') [2] [3] is the bishop of Rome and the visible head of the worldwide Catholic Church. He is also known as the supreme pontiff, [a] Roman pontiff [b] or sovereign pontiff. Since the eighth century, the pope has been the sovereign of the Papal States and ...
2 days ago · The 1492 papal conclave was the first to be held in the Sistine Chapel, the site of all conclaves since 1878. A papal conclave is a gathering of the College of Cardinals convened to elect a bishop of Rome, also known as the pope. Catholics consider the pope to be the apostolic successor of Saint Peter and the earthly head of the Catholic Church ...
3 days ago · Francis Xavier was beatified by Pope Paul V on 25 October 1619, and was canonized by Pope Gregory XV on 12 March 1622, at the same time as Ignatius Loyola. Pope Pius XI proclaimed him the "Patron of Catholic Missions". His feast day is 3 December. Pilgrimage centres
2 days ago · In February 1849 a Roman Republic was declared, and the hitherto liberally-inclined Pope Pius IX had to flee the city. The revolution was suppressed with French help in 1849 and Pius IX switched to a conservative line of government. Until his return to Rome in 1850, the Papal States were governed by a group of cardinals known as the Red ...
2 days ago · Christianity is a minority religion in the Xinjiang region of the People's Republic of China. The dominant ethnic group, the Uygur, are predominantly Muslim and very few are known to be Christian. In 1904, George Hunter with the China Inland Mission opened the first mission station for CIM in Xinjiang.
4 days ago · In fact, in the 1600s, a painting of Our Lady of the Gate of Dawn was created and placed in a niche above one of the prominent city gates. Many miracles are attributed to the image, which was canonically crowned Mother of Mercy by Pope Pius XI in 1927.
