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Pope Francis-Immaculate Conception

Anna Kurian

Pope Francis at 87: 6 joys and 6 sorrows from the past year

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I.Media

Trip cancellations from Paul VI to Francis: always a painful decision

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Isabella H. de Carvalho

Why his library might be the best way to discover John Paul I

San-Juan-de-Letrán-Italia

Camille Dalmas

The pope’s cathedral is not the one you think it is; travel back to 324

The Chapel of Our Lady of Lourdes at the Cathedral Basilica of the Sacred Heart in Newark, NJ where St. John Paul II's visit to the cathedral is remembered

John Touhey

John Paul II visit to Newark Cathedral recalled (photo gallery)

RED SHOES

V. M. Traverso

The ancient craft of the pope’s shoemaker

Cesare Orsenigo, Pius XII's nuncio to Germany throughout World War II, with Hitler and Joachim von Ribbentrop.

I.Media

The Church of Pius XII after World War II: a mixed legacy

Pope Pius XII writes one of his wartime Christmas radio messages using a typewriter at the Vatican in this undated photo.

I.Media

Conference considers new insights into the “silence” of Pius XII

Pope Francis attends the welcoming ceremony of World Youth Day

Isabella H. de Carvalho

How did we get to Laudato Si’? A look at papal writings

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Hugues Lefèvre

Pope Francis, 86, now the oldest pope to travel abroad

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Ray Cavanaugh

By what name should a pope be called?

Santuário de Fátima

I.Media

Fatima inseparable from identity of Portuguese Catholics, says journalist

JOHN PAUL II FATIMA

I.Media

Portugal, a country visited by 4 popes

Bread Coffee and Colosseum

V. M. Traverso

Rome’s historic bakery, serving popes since 1930s, to shut down

Manila Cathedral at night

J-P Mauro

Manila Cathedral honors past papal visits with exhibition

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Anna Kurian

Fatima: The popes’ favorite Marian shrine?

JOHN XXIII

Philip Kosloski

What is the encyclical ‘Pacem in Terris’?

Benoit XVI

Cerith Gardiner

Try this activity popular with popes, saints, and apostles

I.Media

Popes and Gemelli Hospital: a timeline

POPE AUDIENCE

Lucía Para

What’s it like when the Pope gives you his zucchetto?

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