|
|
| Apr.30 |
Vatican |
Cardinal Pell ordered to stand trial on sexual assault charges |
|
|
|
| Dec.25 |
Vatican |
Urbi et Orbi: Pope calls for peace for Jerusalem |
|
|
| Nov.27 |
Myanmar |
Pope Francis walks tightrope in Myanmar |
|
|
| Jun.28 |
 Melbourne |
Cardinal Pell: Vatican treasurer charged with sex offences The Vatican treasurer and Australia's most senior Catholic figure Cardinal George Pell has been charged with sex offences in Australia
|
|
| May.24 |
Vatican |
Trump meets with Pope Francis at the Vatican |
|
|
|
| Apr.16 |
Greece |
Pope returns from Greece with 12 migrants |
|
|
| Feb.18 |
Mexico |
Pope tells Trump building walls ‘not Christian’ on way back to Vatican |
|
| Feb.12 |
Cuba |
Pope Francis holds historic talks with Russian Orthodox Patriarch |
|
|
| Dec.24 |
Vatican |
Pope Francis recalls Jesus' birth with Christmas Eve Mass |
|
| Sep.24 |
U.S. Congress |
Pope urges 'humane' US migrant response |
|
| Sep.22 |
 Washington |
Pope Francis begins tour of the US 
Pope Francis is expected to greet millions of American Catholics and address thorny issues like climate change and income inequality
|
| Sep.20 |
Cuba |
Cuba: Pope Francis celebrates Mass before thousands |
|
| Jan.18 |
 Manila |
Six million attend outdoor Pope Francis' Mass Map of Rizal Park Philippines Pope Francis has celebrated an outdoor Mass in front of unprecedented crowds. That would be a record for a papal event
|
|
| Dec.25 |
Vatican |
Pope's message: Iraq and Syria suffered too long |
|
| Oct.18 |
Vatican |
Pope's synod setback on gay policy |
|
| Oct.13 |
Vatican |
Synod signals Catholic shift on gays |
|
| Aug.13 |
South Korea |
Pope Francis makes first South Korean visit in 25 years |
|
| May.25 |
West Bank |
Pope Francis prays at Bethlehem wall |
|
| Apr.27 |
Vatican |
Vatican declares two popes saints |
|
| Apr.19 |
Kiev |
Ukraine calls Easter truce in east |
|
| Jan.17 |
Vatican |
Ex-Pope defrocked nearly 400 priests |
|
|
| Sep.22 |
Peshawar |
Suicide bombers kill 81 at church |
|
| Jul.27 |
Rio de Janeiro |
Pope Francis draws 3M to Rio vigil |
|
| Mar.13 |
 Vatican |
Church picks first South American pope Jorge Bergoglio made history as the first non-European pope of the modern era , the first Jesuit and the first to assume the name Francis
| The election of a new Pope was signalled by white smoke from the Sistine Chapel chimney. Argentina's Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio is elected as the Catholic Church's new Pope Francis
|
| |
|
| |
Vatican |
Cardinals undecided on next Pope |
|
| Mar.12 |
Vatican |
No pope after cardinals' first vote |
|
| |
Vatican |
Cardinals to begin voting for new Pope |
|
| Feb.28 |
Vatican |
Benedict XVI steps down from papacy |
|
| |
Vatican |
Benedict XVI quits Vatican City for last time as pope Amid pomp and ceremony, Benedict XVI left Vatican City for the last time as pope, ahead of his historic resignation as leader of the world's Catholics
| The 85-year-old pontiff is being flown by helicopter to the papal retreat at Castel Gandolfo, near Rome
|
| |
|
| Feb.27 |
Vatican |
Pope Benedict speaks in final papal audience |
|
| Feb.25 |
Scotland |
Archbishop resigns amid abuse claims |
|
| Feb.11 |
Vatican |
Pope Benedict to resign at end of month
|
|
| Nov.4 |
Cairo |
Egypt's Coptic Christians pick new pope |
|
| Mar.27 |
Cuba |
Pope meets Raul Castro in Havana |
|
| Mar.23 |
Mexico |
Mexico crowds cheer Pope Benedict |
|
| Mar.18 |
Cairo |
Thousands mourn Egypt's Coptic Pope |
|
| Mar.17 |
 Egypt |
Egypt Coptic Christian Pope dies Pope Shenouda III has died at the age of 88, state television has announced. Coptic Christians make up 10% of Egypt's 80 million population
|
|
| May.8 |
Egypt |
Muslim-Christian violence intensified |
|
| May.1 |
Vatican |
John Paul II beatified |
|
| Apr.24 |
Vatican |
Pope calls for peace around world |
|
|
| Dec.31 |
Egypt |
Deadly blast at Egyptian church |
|
| Dec.30 |
Baghdad |
Christians killed in Iraq attacks |
|
| Nov.20 |
Vatican |
Condoms OK in some cases - Pope
|
| Oct.17 |
Vatican |
Australia got its first Catholic saint |
|
| Sep.16 |
Scotland |
Thousands attend Mass in Glasgow |
|
| Sep.7 |
Florida |
Church defiant over Koran burning
|
| Jun.24 |
Belgium |
Belgian Catholic offices raided in sex probe |
|
| Apr.9 |
Vatican |
Pope hit by new child abuse allegations |
|
| Apr.2 |
Vatican |
Preacher compares row to anti-Semitism |
|
| Mar.25 |
Vatican |
Pope accused of failing to act on abuse Benedict XVI has been accused of failing to act on complaints from two archbishops in the US about a priest who allegedly abused 200 deaf bo...
|
| Mar.20 |
Vatican |
Pope says 'sorry' for Irish church abuse
|
| Mar.17 |
Ireland |
Cardinal apologizes for child abuse failures |
|
|
| Dec.24 |
Vatican |
Pope falls in incident at midnight Mass |
|
| May.11 |
Tel Aviv |
Pope addresses Holocaust on Israel visit |
|
| May.8 |
Jordan |
Pope begins Mid-East pilgrimage |
|
| Mar.22 |
Angola |
Pope Mass draws big crowds |
|
| Mar.17 |
 Cameroon |
Pope visits Africa, reaffirms condom ban Benedict XVI refused to soften the Vatican's ban on condom use as he arrived in Africa for his first visit to the continent as pope
|
|
| Jul.18 |
Sydney |
Pope sorry for 'evil' of clergy sex abuse |
|
| Apr.15 |
Washington |
Warm US welcome for Pope Benedict |
|
| Apr.3 |
Texas |
Police entered YFZ compound |
|
|
| Jan.7 |
Poland |
Archbishop of Warsaw quits amid row |
|
|
| Sep.14 |
Arab Countries |
Muslims blast pope's Islam speech Muslim leaders have condemned Benedict over comments he made about Islam in Germany and demanded he apologize
|
|
| Aug.18 |
Ruhr |
Rapturous German welcome for Pope |
|
| Apr.24 |
Vatican |
Benedict XVI installed as pope |
|
| Apr.19 |
Vatican |
Ratzinger elected as new Pope 78-year-old German cardinal Joseph Ratzinger is taking the name Pope Benedict XVI
|
| Apr.8 |
Vatican |
Pope John Paul II buried in crypt |
|
| Apr.2 |
Vatican |
Pope John Paul II dies at 84 | 26-year reign as the charismatic leader of the world's 1 billion Roman Catholics was highlighted by visits to 129 countries. The Pope was the third longest-serving pontiff in history. He died in his private apartment, surrounded by... | |
|
| Feb.24 |
Vatican |
Pope has surgery to aid breathing |
|
| Feb.1 |
Vatican |
Pope John Paul rushed to hospital |
|
|
| Nov.2 |
New Hampshire |
Gay bishop consecrated |
|
|
| Mar.21 |
Jerusalem |
Visit by Pope John Paul II
before year 2000
|
|
| Oct. 16, 1978 |
Vatican |
Karol Wojityla elected as first pope from Eastern Europe| Wojtyla won on the eighth ballot on the third day. He subsequently chose the name John Paul II | |
|
| Oct. 11, 1962 |
Vatican |
Second Vatican Council opens| Vatican II addressed relations between the Roman Catholic Church and the modern world | |
|
| Feb. 11, 1929 |
Vatican |
Lateran Treaties created Vatican State Lateran Accords, agreements made in 1929 between the Kingdom of Italy and the Holy See, settling the 'Roman Question'
|
| Jan. 14, 1875 |
 France |
Albert Schweitzer born A German—and later French—theologian, organist, philosopher, physician, and medical missionary in Africa
|
| Jul. 18, 1870 |
Vatican |
Vatican Council proclaims papal infallibility A dogma of the Catholic Church that states that, in virtue of the promise of Jesus to Peter, the Pope is preserved from the possibility of e...
|
| Dec. 8, 1869 |
Vatican |
First Vatican Council opened The Council was convoked to deal with the contemporary problems of the rising influence of rationalism, liberalism, and materialism
|
| Feb. 21, 1801 |
 London |
Cardinal Newman born John Henry Newman CO was an important figure in the religious history of England in the 19th century. He was known nationally by the mid-1830s
|
| Nov. 7, 1783 |
Spain |
Last public burning by the Spanish Inquisition
|
| Jun. 17, 1703 |
England |
John Wesley born
|
| Oct. 18, 1685 |
Paris |
Edict of Nantes revoked by Louis XIV
|
| Feb. 18, 1678 |
England |
Pilgrim's Progress published
|
| Sep. 27, 1627 |
France |
Bishop Bossuet born
|
| Apr. 13, 1598 |
France |
Edict of Nantes promulgated
|
| Sep. 9, 1585 |
Paris |
Armand Jean du Plessis Richelieu born
|
| Oct. 7, 1573 |
England |
Archbishop Laud born
|
| Dec. 4, 1563 |
Northern Italy |
Council of Trent ended
|
| Mar. 21, 1556 |
England |
Thomas Cranmer burned at the stake
|
| Sep. 25, 1555 |
Bavaria |
Religious Peace of Augsburg
|
| Dec. 22, 1552 |
Southern China |
St. Francis Xavier died
|
| Dec. 13, 1545 |
Northern Italy |
Council of Trent began
|
| Jul. 21, 1542 |
Vatican |
Universal Inquisition established in Rome The Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith is the oldest among the nine congregations of the Roman Curia
|
| Oct. 6, 1536 |
Belgium |
William Tyndale burned at the stake
|
| Jan. 15, 1535 |
London |
Act of Supremacy
|
| Oct. 11, 1531 |
Switzerland |
Huldreich Zwingli killed in battle
|
| May. 26, 1521 |
West Germany |
Edict of Worms outlawing Luther and his followers
|
| Apr. 17, 1521 |
West Germany |
Martin Luther excommunicated by Diet of Worms
|
| Oct. 31, 1517 |
Bavaria |
Luther posts the 95 these at Augsburg Map of Augsburg Germany Martin Luther was a German friar, priest and professor of theology who was a seminal figure in the Protestant Reformation
|
| Jul. 10, 1509 |
France |
John Calvin born
|
| Apr. 7, 1506 |
Spain |
St. Francis Xavier born
|
| May. 23, 1498 |
Northern Italy |
Girolama Savonarola burned at the stake |
|
| Dec. 24, 1491 |
Basque |
St. Ignatius Loyola born |
|
| Nov. 10, 1483 |
Eastern Germany |
Martin Luther born A German friar, priest and professor of theology who was a seminal figure in the Protestant Reformation
|
| Jul. 30, 1419 |
 Czech Republic |
Hussite revolt in Prague The Hussites were a Christian movement following the teachings of Czech reformer Jan Hus (c. 1369–1415)
|
| Jul. 6, 1415 |
West Germany |
John Huss burned at the stake |
|
| Jan. 17, 1377 |
Southern France |
End of Papal Babylonian Captivity |
|
| Sep. 7, 1303 |
Italy |
Boniface VIII captured at Anagni |
|
| Mar. 7, 1274 |
Italy |
Thomas Aquinas dies |
|
| Sep. 4, 1260 |
Northern Italy |
Ghibellines defeat Gulephs at Monaperti |
|
| Sep. 20, 1258 |
England |
Salisbury Cathedral consecrated |
|
| Oct. 3, 1226 |
Italy |
Francis of Assisi died |
|
| Jul. 13, 1191 |
Northern Israel |
Acre taken by Crusaders |
|
| Dec. 29, 1170 |
England |
Murder of St. Thomas a Becket |
|
| Aug. 20, 1153 |
France |
St. Bernard, Abbot of Clairvaux died |
|
| Mar. 31, 1146 |
France |
St. Bernard preaches Second Crusade
|
| Jun. 25, 1115 |
France |
Foundation of Clairvaux |
|
| Nov. 27, 1095 |
Southern France |
Pope Urban II preaches First Crusade Map of Clermont France The First Crusade (1096–1099) was the first of a number of crusades that attempted to capture the Holy Lands called by Pope Urban II
|
| Jan. 21, 1077 |
Northern Italy |
Henry IV as penitent at Canossa |
|
| Jul. 16, 1054 |
Rome |
Excommunication of Churches
World News 
Politics 
Religion 
Christianity (70)
Buddhism (28)
April (1)
Before 2000
European Union (132)
Arab Countries (38)
Post Soviet (10)
South America (25)
China (3)
India (4)
Christianity on Wikipedia
Christianity on Web
Chart Time by Topic
San Francisco Bay Christianity News Timeline
Visit
Main Event: Cardinal Pell: Vatican tre... 
