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French is also sometimes used as a diplomatic language. In the Swiss Guard, Swiss German is the language used for giving commands, but the individual guards take their oath of loyalty in their own languages: German, French, Italian or Romansh. Since the state was established, the native languages of the popes have been Italian, German, Polish ...
Pope Francis Bishop of Rome Pope Francis in 2021 Church Catholic Church Papacy began 13 March 2013 Predecessor Benedict XVI Previous post(s) Provincial Superior of the Society of Jesus in Argentina (1973–1979) Auxiliary Bishop of Buenos Aires (1992–1997) Titular Bishop of Auca (1992–1997) Archbishop of Buenos Aires (1998–2013) Cardinal Priest of San Roberto Bellarmino (2001–2013 ...
François-Xavier Bustillo OFMConv (born 23 November 1968) is a French Catholic prelate of Spanish origin who has been the Bishop of Ajaccio in Corsica since 2021. He joined the Conventual Franciscans in the 1980s and since becoming a priest has spent his entire career in France. Pope Francis made him a cardinal on 30 September 2023.
French is the most common non-Italian papal ancestry. Sixteen popes have had French ancestry, all in the second half of the medieval era. The seven popes of the Avignon Papacy were French and are bolded. Since the end of the Avignon Papacy, no French person has been elected pope.
A Spanish bishop rebuked comments made by some priests on a weekly internet program about praying for Pope Francis to die as soon as possible. The priests later apologized. Archbishop Francisco ...
He spoke English, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Tshiluba, Swahili, Lingala, and two other Central African languages. [146] Shahab Ahmed (1966–2015), Pakistani scholar. He mastered around fifteen languages. [147] Moses McCormick (1981–2021), American YouTuber. He spoke around twenty languages at a basic conversational level. [148]
Pope Francis celebrates the 10th anniversary of his election Monday, far outpacing the “two or three” years he once envisioned for his papacy and showing no signs of slowing down. On the ...
When the Spanish and French divided Morocco into respective protectorates, the conditions of the Catholic Church flourished due to an influx of around 470,000 Catholics. [3] Catholic churches, schools , and hospitals were built throughout the country, and until 1961, Sunday mass festivities were broadcast on radio and television networks.