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Francis had half of his colon removed for a severe narrowing of his large intestine on July 4, his first major surgery since he became pope in 2013. Pope Francis leaves hospital 10 days after ...
Pope Francis on Friday was discharged from the Rome hospital where he had abdominal surgery nine days earlier to repair a hernia and remove painful scarring, with his surgeon saying the pontiff is ...
Martij" (On the sixth [day] before the Kalends [1st] of March.) The Romans counted inclusively; modern usage would say the fifth day before 1 March, or 24 February. "Pontificatus nostri Anno Decimo" (In the tenth year of our pontificate) is the year beginning 13 May 1581. Gregory XIII was elected pope on 13 May 1572 (in terms of the Julian ...
After the 10-day council Pope Urban II gave a rousing speech to a massive crowd when he "emphasized the duty of the Christian West to march to the rescue of the Christian East." [24] This speech became the rallying cry of the First Crusade, which commenced nine months later, in August 1096. [25]
Pope Francis presided over the Vatican's somber Easter Vigil service on Saturday night, delivering a 10-minute homily and baptizing eight people, a day after suddenly skipping the Good Friday ...
Earliest renunciation recognized in the ordering of popes. He was pope on three occasions between 1032 and 1048. [25] One of the youngest popes, he was the only man to have been pope on more than one occasion and the only man ever to have sold the papacy: April/May 1045 – 20 December 1046 (1-year+) Gregory VI: Johannes Gratianus
VENICE (Reuters) -Pope Francis made his first trip out of Rome for seven months on Sunday with a packed visit to Venice that took in an art exhibition, a prison and a Mass, with the 87-year ...
The papal conclave held on 1 and 2 March 1939 saw Cardinal Eugenio Pacelli elected on the third ballot to succeed Pius XI, who had died on 10 February, as pope. All 62 cardinals took part. Pacelli, who had been camerlengo and secretary of state, took the name Pius XII. The day was his 63rd birthday.