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20 hours ago · Pope John Paul I was the shortest-reigning pope in history, serving for only 33 days in 1978. He was the first pope to have a double name and the last Italian-born pope until Benedict XVI.
20 hours ago · Pope John Paul I was only 33 days into the job when he was found dead. While the Vatican insists he died of a heart attack, they have never been able to shake rumours of murder and conspiracy.
4 days ago · After the death of the highly unpopular Pope Paul IV, a mob decapitated his statue and dragged it around the city for four days, ultimately laying it ignominiously to rest in a stable. Bernini’s marble statue of Pope Urban VIII narrowly escaped the same fate , writes art historian Karen J. Lloyd; stymied by guards, the people settled for grinding a stucco image of the dead pope into dust.
3 days ago · Friday, September 27, 2024. A service of EWTN News. CNA
3 days ago · Saint John Paul II was bishop of Rome and head of the Roman Catholic Church from 1978 to 2005. He was the first non-Italian pope in 455 years and the first from a Slavic country. His pontificate of more than 26 years was the third longest in history.
- John Paul II was the first non-Italian pope in 455 years. He travelled abroad extensively in an effort to promote greater understanding between cou...
- John Paul II’s private conversations with Polish and Soviet leaders contributed to the peaceful end of the Soviet regime in eastern Europe, and his...
- John Paul II was the first globally oriented pope, and he increased the global prestige of the papacy. His emphasis on religious and national freed...
2 days ago · With the accession of Pope John Paul II after the mysterious death of Pope John Paul I (who only survived as pope for 33 days), the church had, for the first time since Pope Adrian VI in the 16th century, a non-Italian pope.
2 days ago · Pope is the title, since about the 9th century, of the bishop of Rome, the leader of the Roman Catholic Church. The pope is regarded as the successor of St. Peter and has supreme power of jurisdiction over the Catholic Church in matters of faith and morals, as well as in church discipline and government.
