Conclave” the film may have introduced moviegoers to the spectacular ritual and drama of a modern conclave, but the periodic ...

The oldest popes were Pope Celestine III (elected in 1191) and Celestine V (elected in 1294 ... there have been many exceptions aside from John Paul II (Polish in 1978) and Benedict XVI (German ...

Loyola eventually was named a saint by the church. He was beatified, or reached the first step of sainthood, on July 27, 1609, under Pope Paul V. He was canonized on March 12, 1622, by Pope ...

The rollback of Roe v. Wade by a Supreme Court ... outside St. Peter’s, Pope Francis canonized two Popes: John XXIII (who died in 1963) and John Paul II (who was “fast-tracked” for sainthood ...

The current chapel housing the icon was ordered by Pope Paul V in 1605, and it was visited by Pope Pius XII in 1950 after he proclaimed the dogma of the Assumption of Mary into heaven. He paid ...

Though Francis was revered in Britain, as in the wider world, he will be buried beside the 17th-century pope whose effigy is mocked and burnt at Lewes, in Sussex, every Bonfire Night. Like Paul V ...

Pope Francis ordered that upon his death he would be buried in the Basilica Santa Maria Maggiore (Basilica of St. Mary Major). This basilica was very dear to him. Francis, however, will not be the ...