Results for all Popes 1 - 10 of 54. |
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The You-Tube Presented Here: The historic meeting between Pope Francis and Benedict XVI was a joyful encounter between two men who prayed together as brothers. Francis gave Benedict an icon of Our Lady of Humility in thanksgi... read more » |
2013-present |
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Joseph Alois Ratzinger was born in Marktl am Inn, Germany, on April 16th, 1927 on Holy Saturday. His father, a police officer, came from a traditional family of farmers in Bavaria. He spent his childhood in Traunsteing, a sma... read more » |
2005-2013 |
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Blessed John Paul II was a man of tremendous prayerful holiness and great personal prestige who influenced a generation with his long pontificate and great magnetic appeal. He has been called, the Great, a term used only ... read more » |
1978-2005 |
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Albino Luciani was born in Belluno, Italy October 17th, 1912. He was the oldest of four children whose mother was a very devout Catholic and whose father was a socialist. In 1923, at the age of eleven, he entered the seminary... read more » |
1978 |
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The Pilgrim Pope Giovanni Battista Montini was born in Concesio near Brescia, September 26th, 1897. His father, a non-practicing lawyer, served three terms in Parliament and was a courageous supporter of the Catholic Social M... read more » |
1963-1978 |
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Angelo Roncalli was born in Sotto il Monte, Italy, November 25, 1881. He was the fourth of fourteen children born to a devout Catholic family of sharecroppers. His religious education came from his family and from the spiritu... read more » |
1958-1963 |
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Eugenio Pacelli was born in Rome on March 2nd, 1876 to an old aristocratic Roman family in service to the Vatican for generations. His grandfather, father and brother all held important positions. Most notably, his brother Fr... read more » |
1939-1958 |
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Achille Ratti was born May 31, 1857, near Milan, the son of a silk factory manager. He entered the seminary at the age of ten where his scholastic abilities were soon recognized. Ratti eventually earned doctorates in theology... read more » |
1922-1939 |
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Giacomo della Chiesa was born in Genoa in 1854, the sixth child of an old aristocratic family with familial ties to popes in the distant past. His desire to become a priest was initially thwarted by his father who insisted he... read more » |
1914-1922 |
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Giuseppe Sarto was born in Riese in 1835 into a large family of limited means. He studied in Castelfranco, displaying remarkable academic abilities while still very young. From 1850 – 1858, he studied at the seminary in... read more » |
1903-1914 |
