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Plaque commemorating the popes buried in St. Peter's Basilica (their names in Latin and the year of their burial). This chronological list of popes of the Catholic Church corresponds to that given in the Annuario Pontificio under the heading "I Sommi Pontefici Romani" (The Roman Supreme Pontiffs), excluding those that are explicitly indicated as antipopes.
Plaque commemorating popes buried in St Peter's Basilica. This is a graphical list of the popes of the Catholic Church. While the term pope (Latin: Papa, 'Father') is used in several churches to denote their high spiritual leaders, in English usage, this title generally refers to the supreme head of the Catholic Church and of the Holy See.
In 2006, Benedict XVI renounced the title of "Patriarch of the West" (Patriarcha Occidentis). [1] In 2024, Pope Francis reinstated the title of "Patriarch of the West" (Patriarcha Occidentis), reversing the decision by the previous Pope Benedict XVI; the title reinstatement was meant to bring closer ties to the other Patriarchs in the Eastern Orthodox faith.
French Pope Clement V. Pope Silvester II (999–1003): Gerbert of Aurillac. Pope Urban II (1088–1099): Otho of Lagery (or Otto or Odo) Pope Urban IV (1261–1264): Jacques Pantaléon. Pope Clement IV (1265–1268): Guy Foulques. Pope Martin IV (1281–1285): Simon de Brie. Pope Clement V (1305–1314): Bertrand de Got.
The most recently reigning Pope to have been canonised was Pope John Paul II, whose cause for canonisation was opened in May 2005. John Paul II was beatified on 1 May 2011, by Pope Benedict XVI and later canonised, along with Pope John XXIII, by Pope Francis on 27 April 2014. [1] Pope Francis also canonised Pope Paul VI on 14 October 2018.
Pope Francis(Latin: Franciscus; Italian: Francesco; Spanish: Francisco; born Jorge Mario Bergoglio;[b]17 December 1936) is head of the Catholic Churchand sovereignof the Vatican City State. He is the first pope to be a member of the Society of Jesus(the Jesuit Order), the first from the Americas and the Southern Hemisphere, and the first born ...
The Second Ecumenical Council of the Vatican, commonly known as the Second Vatican Council or Vatican II, was the 21st and most recent ecumenical council of the Catholic Church. The council met in Saint Peter's Basilica in Vatican City for four periods (or sessions), each lasting between 8 and 12 weeks, in the autumn of each of the four years ...
The pope (Latin: papa, from Ancient Greek: πάππας, romanized: páppas, lit. 'father') [2][3] is the bishop of Rome and the visible head [a] of the worldwide Catholic Church. He is also known as the supreme pontiff, [b] Roman pontiff[c] or sovereign pontiff. From the eighth century until 1870, the pope was the sovereign or head of state of ...