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A collection of popes have had violent deaths through the centuries. The circumstances have ranged from martyrdom (Pope Stephen I) to war (Lucius II), to an alleged beating by a jealous husband (Pope John XII). A number of other popes have died under circumstances that some believe to be murder, but for which definitive evidence has not been found. Martyr popes This list is incomplete ; you ...
The Fiat Campagnola popemobile in which Pope John Paul II was the subject of an assassination attempt in May 1981. One of the two popemobiles coachbuilt on Leyland Constructor chassis for Pope John Paul II's visit to the United Kingdom in May/June 1982. Pope Benedict XVI in a modified Mercedes-Benz M-Class popemobile in São Paulo, Brazil in 2007.
In the days before his execution, there were a large number of appeals for clemency, ranging from petitions to pleas, as well as a request to halt the execution from Pope Benedict XVI. [1] Grossman, a Jewish American, received strong support from national and international Jewish organizations for his death sentence to be commuted. [2] [3] [4]
With the Church’s 2025 Jubilee event just around the corner, the off-road specialists in Graz, Austria have just pulled the cover off of the latest Popemobile: a pearl-white G 580 with EQ ...
The electric Popemobile has been readied in time for Pope Francis to travel in during the 2025 Jubilee. The Jubilee happens once every 25 years and is expected to draw millions of devotees to Rome ...
As Vatican City is a sacerdotal-monarchical state ruled by the Pope, who is the bishop of Rome and head of the Catholic Church, its laws are influenced by Church teaching. Giovanni Battista Bugatti , executioner of the Papal States between 1796 and 1865, carried out 516 executions (Bugatti pictured offering snuff to a condemned prisoner in ...
Pope Francis appealed on Sunday for U.S. authorities to commute the sentences of death row prisoners, in an unusual request during his weekly Sunday prayer in St. Peter's Square. "Today, it comes ...
The Pope was struck twice and suffered severe blood loss. Ağca was apprehended immediately and later sentenced to life in prison by an Italian court. The Pope forgave Ağca for the assassination attempt. [1] He was pardoned by Italian president Carlo Azeglio Ciampi at the Pope's request and was deported to Turkey in June 2000.