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On 8 November 2005, Bergoglio was elected president of the Argentine Episcopal Conference for a three-year term (2005–2008), [73] and re-elected on 11 November 2008. [74] He remained a member of that commission's permanent governing body, the president of its committee for the Pontifical Catholic University of Argentina , and a member of its ...
The president is appointed by the Pope for a five-year term, but may be removed at any time by the pope. The president reports all important matters to the Secretariat of State, the Pope's chief everyday advisory body, which is consulted on all matters, even if they belong to the specific competence of the Commission for Vatican City State or ...
This is a list of the next general elections around the world in sovereign states. The general elections listed are for the government of each jurisdiction. These elections determine the prime minister and makeup of the legislature in a parliamentary democracy, or the president and then the legislature in a system where separate votes are taken for different tiers of government.
President Pope Notes 1 January 4, 1919: Apostolic Palace [1] Rome: Italy: Woodrow Wilson: Benedict XV: First meeting between the incumbent president of the United States and the reigning pope. Occurred during President Wilson's participation in the Paris Peace Conference, the first visit by a sitting U.S. president to Europe. 2 December 6, 1959 ...
He was elected the 266th pope on the next ballot. SEX ABUSE Francis had a big learning curve on clergy sex abuse, initially downplaying the problem in ways that made survivors question whether he ...
2026 Algerian parliamentary election Benin. 2026 Beninese presidential election Cape Verde. 2026 Cape Verdean parliamentary election, April; 2026 Cape Verdean presidential election, October Djibouti. 2026 Djiboutian presidential election Ethiopia. 2026 Ethiopian general election Gambia. 2026 Gambian presidential election, December Ivory Coast
Elections that elected papal claimants currently regarded by the Catholic Church as antipopes are italicized. SS. Pietro e Cesareo in Terracina, the site of the first papal election outside Rome The 1119 papal election took place in Cluny Abbey as a result of the expulsion of Pope Gelasius II from Rome by Henry V, Holy Roman Emperor following the Investiture Controversy.
September 13 – The 2026 Swedish general election is scheduled to be held. October 4 – The 2026 Brazilian general election is scheduled to be held. November 3 – The United States midterm elections are scheduled to be held. December 22 – The 2026 South Sudanese general election is scheduled to be held, the first since the country's ...