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On 20 October 1870, one month after the newly founded Kingdom of Italy had occupied Rome, Pope Pius IX, who then considered himself a prisoner in the Vatican, issued the bull Postquam Dei munere, adjourning the council indefinitely. [21] While some proposed to continue the council in the Belgian city of Mechlin, it was never reconvened. [22]
By 1987, at least 12 of the 57,000 priests in the United States had died of AIDS. [120] [121] By 2001, over 300 priests had died of AIDS. [124] [123] In 2000, the Kansas City Star released a three-part report that claimed priests were dying of AIDS at a rate four times greater than the general population.
The 1989 Vatican AIDS conference, known officially as the Fourth International Conference of the Pontifical Council for Pastoral Assistance to Health Care Workers, was a three-day academic symposium that ran from November 13 to November 15, 1989.
Paul Casimir Marcinkus GCOIH (/ m ɑːr ˈ s ɪ ŋ k ə s /; January 15, 1922 – February 20, 2006) was an American Catholic prelate who served as president of the Institute for the Works of Religion, commonly known as the Vatican Bank, from 1971 to 1989. [1]
The troubled pastor originally revealed to church members last month that he contracted HIV in 2003 and tested positive for AIDS in 2008, ... Dick Button dies at 95: Olympic gold medalist was ...
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 25 February 2025. Head of the Catholic Church from 2005 to 2013 Pope Benedict XVI Bishop of Rome Benedict XVI in 2010 Church Catholic Church Papacy began 19 April 2005 Papacy ended 28 February 2013 Predecessor John Paul II Successor Francis Previous post(s) Dean of the College of Cardinals (2002 ...
Pope Francis has developed pneumonia in both lungs, the Vatican said Tuesday, after new tests showed a further complication in the condition of the 88-year-old pontiff that raised concerns about ...
The black cloud of one day cannot obscure more than five hundred years of service." [11] Nine months after the murders, the official investigation was closed 5 February 1999. [1] [15] That month, the examining magistrate of the Vatican Gianluigi Marron released a 10-page final report on the deaths. It said that drugs and mental illness were ...