Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
February 3–7, 1937: The 33rd International Eucharistic Congress held in Manila, Philippines. The first congress in Asia and the first congress held in the Philippines. September 1, 1939: Germany invades Poland, start of the Second World War. The Vatican, after trying to avoid the war, declares neutrality to avoid being drawn into the conflict.
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.
The history of the Catholic Church is the formation, events, and historical development of the Catholic Church through time.. According to the tradition of the Catholic Church, it started from the day of Pentecost at the upper room of Jerusalem; [1] the Catholic tradition considers that the Church is a continuation of the early Christian community established by the Disciples of Jesus.
It met in the Vatican Basilica, hence its name of First Vatican Council. Its best-known decision is its definition of papal infallibility. Rerum novarum – an open letter, passed to all Catholic bishops, that addressed the condition of the working classes. Quadragesimo anno – discusses the ethical implications of the social and economic ...
The Vatican Press took over the Gerarchia Cattolica in 1885, thus making it a semi-official publication. It bore the indication "official publication" from 1899 to 1904, but this ceased when, giving the word "official" a more restricted sense, the Acta Sanctae Sedis , forerunner of the Acta Apostolicae Sedis , was declared the only "official ...
1 Archives in Vatican City. 2 See also. ... View history; General What links here ... Get shortened URL; Download QR code; Print/export Download as PDF; Printable ...
Main page; Contents; Current events; Random article; About Wikipedia; Contact us; Pages for logged out editors learn more
Print/export Download as PDF; Printable version; In other projects ... Help. History portal; Vatican City portal; Subcategories. This category has the following 4 ...