The predecessors of Pope Benedict XVI
In this thread you can post information about the popes who preceded Pope Benedict XVI specifically those who haven't a special thread. Also you can post any kind of respectful comparisons between...
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From Wikipedia The "Black Pope" is a name that was popularly, but unofficially, given to the Superior General of the Society of Jesus due to the Jesuits' importance within the Church. This name, based...
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From Wikipedia An antipope (Latin: antipapa) is a person who, in opposition to the one who is generally seen as the legitimately elected Pope, makes a significantly accepted competing claim...
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Leo XII, who reigned in the early years of the 19th Century, kept a small dog for company. When he died, according to the memoirs of the first Cardinal Archbishop of Westminster, Nicholas Wiseman,...
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Interesting story, Nana. Thank you.Do you know when the prohibition against a little pet in the Apostolic Palace began to be "enforced"? I mean apart from the little canary of Pope Pius XXII? It seems...
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Fina Cortesía de Roger.http://www.ultimatehistoryproject.com/papal-vestments.html Papal Vestments: Clothes Make the Man UHP Staff Paul VI's mid century modern papal tiara.In November of 1963, Pope...
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From Google. From Wikipedia Cristoforo (known as Caradosso) Foppa (1445–c.1527) was an Italian goldsmith, sculptor, and die sinker. According to some sources he was born at Mondonico]/Olgiate...
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(Vatican Radio) Vatican Radio says it has completed the digitalization of thousands of audio recordings featuring the voices of all the Pontiffs from Pius XI to Pope Francis. Entitled “the Voice of...
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(Vatican Radio) Entitled “The Voice of the Popes,” a digital archive containing over 8000 audio recordings featuring the voice of all the Popes from Pius XI through to Francis was unveiled at Vatican...
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