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2 days ago · The Pope left on the 11th for La Magnana and Hostia, to return on the 17th. The ambassador of Scotland came from France to inform the Pope that the King of France would resign the protection of Bologna and Ferrara to the Pope if the latter would leave the League of Spain and Venice.
1 day ago · Roman Catholicism. Signature. Philip II[note 1] (21 May 1527 – 13 September 1598), sometimes known in Spain as Philip the Prudent (Spanish: Felipe el Prudente), was King of Spain [note 2] from 1556, King of Portugal from 1580, and King of Naples and Sicily from 1554 until his death in 1598. He was also jure uxoris King of England and Ireland ...
3 days ago · Charles V styled himself as Holy Roman Emperor after his election, according to a Papal dispensation conferred to the Habsburg family by Pope Julius II in 1508 and confirmed in 1519 to the prince-electors by the legates of Pope Leo X.
1 day ago · In a historic trip marking the first time a pope set foot in Britain, Pope John Paul II visited the queen at Buckingham Palace in May 1982. Nearly 20 years later, the queen traveled to the Vatican for a private meeting with the Polish pope on Oct. 17, 2000.
5 days ago · Pope Francis heads to Asia-Pacific to bring messages of peace and unity, Vatican says. Vatican City, landlocked ecclesiastical state, seat of the Roman Catholic Church, and an enclave in Rome, situated on the west bank of the Tiber River. Vatican City is the world’s smallest fully independent nation-state.
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5 days ago · Pope Julius II used this area of the Vatican in the early 16th century to display a collection of antique sculptures. There are many highlights in the Pio Clementino Museum, but some stand out rooms and sculptures not to miss include the following.
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3 days ago · Among the more recent Popes who, from the time of the Second Vatican Council, have distinguished themselves in promoting the Rosary I would mention Blessed John XXIII 4 and above all Pope Paul...
