- The
Papal States (/ˈpeɪpəl/ PAY-pəl; Italian:
Stato Pontificio; Latin:
Dicio Pontificia),
officially the
State of the Church, were a
conglomeration of...
-
century until 1870, the pope was the
sovereign or head of
state of the
Papal States, and
since 1929 of the much
smaller Vatican City state. From a Catholic...
- A
papal name or
pontificial name is the
regnal name
taken by a pope. Both the head of the
Catholic Church,
usually known as the pope, and the pope of...
- A
papal bull is a type of
public decree,
letters patent, or
charter issued by a pope of the
Catholic Church. It is
named after the
leaden seal (bulla)...
- The
papal apartments is the non-official
designation for the
collection of apartments,
which are private, state, and religious, that wrap
around a courtyard...
- A
papal renunciation (Latin: renuntiatio) also
called a
papal abdication,
occurs when the
current pope of the
Catholic Church voluntarily resigns his...
- A
papal conclave is
scheduled to
begin on 7 May 2025 in the
Sistine Chapel in
Vatican City to
elect a new pope to
succeed Francis, who died at the age...
- by
Saint Peter and
Saint Paul. By
virtue of the
doctrines of
Petrine and
papal primacy, it is the
focal point of full
communion for
Catholics around the...
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Gambling on
papal elections has a long history, with
betting on 16th-century
papal conclaves being among the
first do****ented
examples of
gambling on election...
- The
papal household or
pontifical household (usually not
capitalized in the
media and
other ****fficial use, Latin:
Pontificalis Domus),
called until...
