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Twice in past years, I hopped a flight to Rome in order to cover one of the most arcane, storied and secretive events in human history: the election of a new pope. That event is also known as a ...
Pope Urban VIII is also known as the first pope who granted a canonical coronation towards a Marian icon. The first icon that was crowned was the La Madonna della Febbre which is enshrined at the sacristy of St. Peter's Basilica. The coronation took place on 1631 making it as the first coronation in the world.
The 1492 papal conclave was the first to be held in the Sistine Chapel, the site of all conclaves since 1878. A papal conclave is a gathering of the College of Cardinals convened to elect a bishop of Rome, also known as the pope. Catholics consider the pope to be the apostolic successor of Saint Peter and the earthly head of the Catholic Church ...
Mass on the Feast of Santo Niño at the apostolic and state visit of Pope Francis in the Philippines: 18 January 2015 6-7 million Religious gathering Rizal Park, Manila Philippines Largest papal crowd in history [38] [39] [40] Feast of the Black Nazarene: 9 January 2024 Over 6 million Religious holiday Manila Philippines [41] [42] [43]
Archive center. Vatican Media owns a library of more than 10,000 recordings, amounting to 4,000 hours of recordings and images of Pope John Paul II's reign since 1984. This library is open to foreign television channels and documentary producers from throughout the world. The Vatican Media Center is open Monday to Saturday from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Pope John XXIII was the last pope to use full papal ceremony, some of which was abolished after Vatican II, while the rest fell into disuse. His papal coronation ran for the traditional five hours (Pope Paul VI, by contrast, opted for a shorter ceremony, while later popes declined to be crowned).
The papal inauguration of Pope Francis was held on 19 March 2013 [1] in St. Peter's Square in the Vatican. Holy Mass was celebrated by Pope Francis before political and religious leaders from around the world. The crowd was estimated between 150,000 and 200,000. Official delegations from 132 states and various religious groups attended.
An ailing John Paul II riding in the Popemobile in September 2004 in St. Peter's Square. When he became pope in 1978 at the age of 58, John Paul II was an avid sportsman. He was extremely healthy and active, jogging in the Vatican gardens, weight training, swimming, and hiking in the mountains.