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The day time changed forever
441 years ago, Pope Gregory XIII introduced what came to be known as the Gregorian Calendar, by which nearly all of the world now marks its days
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Matthew Sewell
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The papacy returns to Rome and a great Renaissance pope is born
Pope St. Pius V was born on this day in 1504, before becoming a pivotal figure of the Renaissance and Christian Civilization, and later the first…
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Matthew Sewell
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The death of a pope who survived the Black Plague
Also: A pope who was first an antipope, and Ike meets Good Pope John
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Matthew Sewell
Pope St. John XXIII convenes the Second Vatican Council
The 21st ecumenical council of the Catholic Church began on this date in 1962 and would continue through four sessions until its closing in 1965
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Matthew Sewell
The Smiling Pope dies after just 33 days...did he know it was coming?
One of the saddest days in recent papal history, and the pope may have known about it all along
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Matthew Sewell
A pope with rugged good looks and a visit from the Americans
A birth, a death, an election, and Pope John Paul I's only ad limina visit...from a group of American bishops, no less
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Matthew Sewell
Two dead popes, the loss of Avignon, and the first American canonized
September 14 is a busy day for papal history...
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Matthew Sewell
Today in Papal History
Today in Papal History
2,000 years of history. 266 popes. Find out what the leaders of the Roman Catholic Church were doing on any given day down through the centuries.

Today in Papal History

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