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On 22 December 1741, Benedict XIV issued the Bull Immensa Pastorum Principis and sent an Apostolic Brief to the Bishops of Brazil and King John V of Portugal, against the enslavement of the indigenous peoples of the Americas and other countries. It excommunicated any person who, for whatever motive, enslaved a native Brazilian.
Pope during the Council of Constantinople IV (869), the eighth ecumenical council of the Catholic Church. 107 14 December 872 – 16 December 882 (10 years, 2 days) John VIII IOANNES Octavus: Ioannes Rome, Papal States Subject and later the sovereign of the Papal States. First pope to be assassinated. 108 16 December 882 – 15 May 884 (1 year ...
The special begins Sunday, Dec. 24 at 11:30 p.m. ET and concludes at 1 a.m. This special Christmas Mass from St. Peter’s Basilica has been broadcast since Pope Pius XII inaugurated the first one ...
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 22 January 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 ...
[24] The cost to the Catholic Church was £10 million, [13] [14] against the £7 million published on the Papal Visit website. [25] The bulk of the £7m, £5.2m was for staging the three large-scale public events, a further £0.6m for three smaller pastoral events, with the remaining £1.2m covering evangelism, planning and communication.
The number of pilgrims attending the Pope's Mass in Fátima was estimated at 500,000. [38] Cyprus (4–6 June 2010) Pope Benedict XVI was welcomed by President Dimitris Christofias and the Cypriot Orthodox Archbishop Chrysostomos II at Paphos International Airport.
He was canonized by Pope Benedict XIII in 1726. In 1926, he was declared a Doctor of the Church by Pope Pius XI, and is also known as the "mystical doctor". (Full article...) Prayer: Saint John of the Cross, in the darkness of your worst moments, when you were alone and persecuted, you found God. Help me to have faith that God is there ...
The Church in the world today and the needs of the New Evangelization, the status of the Holy See and of the Roman Curia's dicasteries (its departments: the congregations, the courts, and the pontifical councils, commissions, and academies), relations with bishops, and expectations of a future pope, were discussed. That evening, a prayer ...