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homosexuality is something 'ugly' from a cultural point of view". PopeFrancisbibliographyPopeFrancis and LGBT topics Blessing of same-sex unions in Christian...
him as the "rock" upon which the Church would be built. The current pope is Francis, who was elected on 13 March 2013. While his office is called the papacy...
PopeFrancis made a pastoral and state visit to the Philippines from January 15 to 19, 2015. He was the third pontiff to visit the Philippines after Paul...
the first by a pope since Gregory XII in 1415, and the first on a pope's initiative since Celestine V in 1294. He was succeeded by Francis on 13 March 2013...
Sylvester II, Pope Stephen IX, Pope Nicholas II, Pope Urban II, Pope Callistus II, Pope Urban IV, Pope Clement IV, Pope Innocent V, Pope Martin IV, Pope Clement...
Church who served as Bishop of Tyler from 2012 until his removal by PopeFrancis in 2023. Joseph Strickland was born on October 31, 1958, in Fredericksburg...
Archbishop of Buenos Aires, Argentina, who took the name of Francis. Benedict chose to be known as "Pope emeritus" upon his resignation, and he retained this...
of books written by and about Pope John Paul II, please see Pope John Paul II bibliography For other references see Pope John Paul II in popular culture...
PopeFrancis (r. 2013–present) has created cardinals at nine consistories held at roughly annual intervals beginning in 2014, most recently on 30 September...
Look up Francis in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Francis may refer to: PopeFrancis, the head of the Catholic Church and sovereign of the Vatican City...
PopeFrancis visited Ireland on 25 and 26 August 2018, as part of the World Meeting of Families 2018. It was the first visit by a reigning pontiff to the...
Lumen fidei (The Light of Faith) is the first encyclical of PopeFrancis, issued on 29 June 2013, the Solemnity of Saints Peter and Paul, and published...
18 November 1965 by his successor, Pope Paul VI, who declared him a Servant of God. On 5 July 2013, PopeFrancis – bypassing the traditionally required...
Dhabi declaration or Abu Dhabi agreement, is a joint statement signed by PopeFrancis of the Catholic Church and Sheikh Ahmed el-Tayeb, Grand Imam of Al-Azhar...
PopeFrancis visited Kenya from 25 to 27 November 2015. It was his first state and pastoral visit to the country and the continent of Africa at large....
Today, this hill is called "Hill of Paradise". On 16 July 1228, Francis was canonized by Pope Gregory IX in Assisi, and he laid the foundation stone of the...
entitled The Next Pope: The Leading Cardinal Candidates, listing 19 Cardinals he considered papabili for a future conclave after PopeFrancis. Five of the...
1980, under Pope John Paul II, Pope Benedict XVI and PopeFrancis. Cantalamessa is a proponent of the Catholic charismatic renewal. PopeFrancis raised him...
centuries, producing two popes: Alfons de Borja, who ruled as Pope Callixtus III during 1455–1458, and Rodrigo Lanzol Borgia, as Pope Alexander VI, during...
protesting certain current policies, including some associated with PopeFrancis. Anton Schneider was born in Tokmok, Kirghiz SSR, in the Soviet Union...
On 2 April 2005, Pope John Paul II died at the age of 84. His funeral was held on 8 April, followed by the novendiales devotional in which the Catholic...
PopeFrancis visited the Baltic states—Lithuania, Latvia, and Estonia—from 22 to 25 September 2018. It was announced in November 2017 by the apostolic...
Pope Leo XIII (Italian: Leone XIII; born Gioacchino Vincenzo Raffaele Luigi Pecci; 2 March 1810 – 20 July 1903) was head of the Catholic Church from 20...
the Roman Curia and was a private secretary to Pope Benedict XVI from 2007 to 2013 and to PopeFrancis from 2013 to 2014. Alfred Xuereb was born in Victoria...
chamber of the shelter when the bombs fell. The Pope was modeled after Pope John XXIII. "Bibliography: A Canticle for Leibowitz". The Internet Speculative...
beneath Rome. In The New Pope, after the fictional Pius XIII is put in a coma, PopeFrancis II is elected as a replacement. Francis II later dies and is replaced...
Master of Pontifical Liturgical Ceremonies, serving under Pope Benedict XVI and PopeFrancis. Before joining the papal household, Marini worked in the...