- Francis, who was
elected on 13
March 2013.
While his
office is
called the
papacy, the
jurisdiction of the
episcopal see is
called the Holy See. It is the...
- The
Avignon Papacy (French: Papauté d'Avignon) was the
period from 1309 to 1376
during which seven successive popes resided in
Avignon (at the time within...
-
According to
Roman Catholicism, the
history of the
papacy, the
office held by the pope as head of the
Catholic Church,
spans from the time of
Peter to...
- Counter-Reformation,
specifically at the
Council of Trent. The
institution of the
papacy underwent attacks by many
Protestant reformers,
including Martin Luther...
- The
Byzantine Papacy was a
period of
Byzantine domination of the
Roman Papacy from 537 to 752, when
popes required the
approval of the
Byzantine Emperor...
-
Annuario Pontificio History of the
papacy Index of
Vatican City-related
articles Legends surrounding the
papacy Liber Pontificalis Papal name
Papal appointment...
- The
Tusculan Papacy was a
period of
papal history from 1012 to 1048
where three successive relatives of the
counts of
Tusculum were
installed as pope....
- The
Renaissance Papacy was a
period of
papal history between the
Western Schism and the Reformation. From the
election of Pope
Martin V of the Council...
-
Avignon in
southern France during a
period known as the
Avignon Papacy. The
Avignon Papacy ended in 1376 when the pope
returned to Rome, but was followed...
- and the
first one born or
raised outside Europe since the 8th-century
papacy of the
Syrian Pope
Gregory III. Born in
Buenos Aires, Argentina, Bergoglio...