Popes

Popes

The heads of the Catholic Church.

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253rd Pope of the Catholic Church. Pontificate 1829 - 1830. During his brief pontificate, the Catholic Emancipation occurred in the United Kingdom, and the July Revolution (1830) in France – after ...

Pius XII

People; Popes

260th Pope of the Catholic Church. Pontificate 1939 - 1958. Invoked papal infallibility in encyclical Munificentissimus Deus. Pope during World War II. After World War II Pope Pius XII focused on ...

Benedict XV

People; Popes

258th Pope of the Catholic Church. Pontificate 1914 - 1922. His pontificate was largely overshadowed by World War I and its political, social and humanitarian consequences in Europe, however he was ...

Bd John XXIII

People; Popes

261st Pope of the Catholic Church. Pontificate 1958 - 1963. Opened Second Vatican Council; John XXIII's personal warmth, good humour and kindness entirely captured the world's affections, therefore ...

Paul IV

People; Popes

223rd Pope of the Catholic Church. Pontificate 1555 - 1559. As pope his nationalism was a driving force; he used the office to preserve some liberties in the face of fourfold foreign occupation. An ...

Sixtus V

People; Popes

227th Pope of the Catholic Church. Pontificate 1585 - 1590. His pontificate saw great enterprises and great achievements. He slept little and worked hard. Having inherited a bankrupt treasury, he ...

Pius IV

People; Popes

224th Pope of the Catholic Church. Pontificate 1559 - 1565. Pius IV was a nepotist. Among the relatives he favored, the main figure is that of Carlo Borromeo. Under his reign Michelangelo re-built ...