Six hundred years later, Pope Gregory VII forced the brilliant monarch of the Holy Roman Empire, Henry IV, to walk barefoot in the snow for miles before granting him forgiveness at Canossa ...

Giulio took the name Clement VII when elected pope himself in 1524 ... Italian historian Gianluca della Maggiore published a new book, Le vedute delle origini su Leone XIII.

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Apart from his writing, the new pope also co-authored a book in 2002. The book, titled Rule and Constitutions of the Order of Saint Augustine, was published by the Augustinian Historical Institute ...

The last conclave to last more than a week was in 1831, when Pope Gregory XVI was elected after 51 days of voting. Here’s a breakdown of how the length of conclaves has changed in recent years.

Despite his youthful age, Pope Leo X's papacy was unexpectedly cut short after he died at 45, his pontificate lasting less than nine years. Another unusually young pope was Clement VII ...

Leo XIV made his first appearance as pope on the balcony of St. Peter's ... The most common are John (21), Gregory (16), Benedict (15), Clement (14) and Leo (14). But while some popes name ...

“We have a pope!” The Cardinal Protodeacon’s announcement ... tradition of popes who stand up to secular power: from Gregory VII, who made Emperor Henry IV walk barefoot through the snow ...

Chicago Cardinal Blase Cupich and Cardinal Wilton Gregory, also a South Side native, spoke about their experience in the conclave and electing the first American pope, Leo XIV, who is from this city.

The ritual of the smoke is ancient. In 1274, at the Second Council of Lyons, Pope Gregory X, determined the procedure for holding a conclave and it continued from then on. There, he specified that ...

The longest one ever, in the 13th century, took almost three years to choose Pope Gregory X. The shortest conclave on record, in 1503, took just 10 hours to choose Pope Pius III. How long was the ...