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Hace 5 días · Brigadier General John Pope. Pope was the son of Nathaniel Pope, a prominent figure in early Illinois Territory. He graduated from West Point in 1842, ranked 17 out of 56 in his class. He was assigned to the Topographical Engineers.
Hace 2 días · VATICAN CITY, May 9 (Reuters) - Pope Francis formally proclaimed on Thursday a Holy Year starting in late December, which will stress the need for hope in a world beset by hunger, poverty and war ...
Hace 1 día · At a memorial Mass commemorating John XXIII in 2006, Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone shared with the faithful the Pope’s Daily Decalogue: 1. Only for today, I will seek to live the livelong day ...
Hace 4 días · Ten years ago John Paul II and John XXIII were canonized by Pope Francis in St. Peter's Square on April 27, the first double canonization of popes on the same day, in the presence of two...
Hace 2 días · In Spes non confundit, Pope Francis announces that the Jubilee Year will begin with the opening of the Holy Door of St Peter’s Basilica on Christmas Eve, 2024.. Later, on 29 December, the Pope will open the Holy Door of the Archbasilica of St John Lateran, the Cathedral of Rome. On the same day, every Cathedral and co-Cathedral throughout the world will have Mass celebrated by the local ...
Hace 2 días · Francis (born December 17, 1936, Buenos Aires, Argentina) is the leader who ushered in a new era of the Roman Catholic Church when he was elected pope in 2013. As the first pope from the Western Hemisphere, the first from South America, and the first from the Jesuit order
Hace 3 días · The Enduring Legacy of John Paul II’s 1982 Visit to Britain. Pope John Paul II shakes hands with Queen Elizabeth II as he leaves Buckingham Palace after their historic May 28, 1982, meeting in London. (photo: Ron Bell / AFP via Getty Images) “For the first time in history,” said Pope St. John Paul II after he stepped off the ...
