Pope Francis, 88, was recently diagnosed with bilateral pneumonia, and as Catholics worried worldwide pray for the Holy Father, the Vatican revealed last week that he will remain hospitalized to receive treatment.
The potatoes of the last 100 years have seen their fair part of political divisions and controversy, from the Pontiff’s centuries-hiny practices to the reaction on the Vatican response to the Hilter regime to the teachings of God’s love and the lonely;
BENEDICTO XVI (2005-2013)
Before Pope Francis was chosen by the Cardinals College in 2013, Pope Benedict XVI, born Joseph Ratzinger, directed the Catholic Church since 2005-2013.
Pope Francis got out of bed for breakfast on the seventh day in the hospital: Vatican
Pope John Paul II, Pope Francis and Pope Benedict XVI (Getty images)
Ratzinger was born in Bavaria, Germany. When witnessing the horrible acts of the duration of the Nazi regime, the desire to commit to the Church at an early age. Ratzinger and his family experienced abuse and punishment at the hands of the Nazi party. Despite his disdain resolved by the regime, at age 14, the law required him to join Hitler Youth, a paramilitary organization.
Duration of his registration in the seminar, Ratzinger was recruited in World War II, waiting for his theological teachings. He was captured and hero as a prisoner of war by Americans for several months. After his release, he left the army and was ordered in 1951 with his brother.
Ratzinger was elected Pope in 2005 and, during the duration of the papacy, he preached a message from the eternal love of God, encouraged Catholics to remain faithful to God and implored the presence of love, joy and truth in life.
Citing health concerns, Benedict, in 2013, was the first pontiff to resign the Papacy in 600 years.
He died at 95 in 2022.
Pope Francis will remain in the hospital, says the Vatican
Pope Francis with former Pope Benedict XVI to exchange Christmas greetings in 2013, the year Benedict XVI resigned from Pope. (Maurix/Gamma-Rapho through Getty Images))
Pope John Paul II (1978-2005)
Pope John Paul II, born Karol Wojtyła, was elected Pope on October 16, 1978. He was the first Polish pontiff.
Wojtyła took the regnal name after his predecessor, Pope John Paul I, who died only one month in his reign as the sovereign of the city of the Vatican.
The choice of Wojtyła by the Cardinals College marked the first time that an annualian would serve as a potato in 400 years. At 58, Wojtyła was one of the young potatoes in history.
Wojtyla studied theology in Rome and served as the Krakow archbishop. Through his 26 -year -old pontificate, John Paul II traveled to 129 countries, becoming the most traveled Pope in history.
Pope Francis diagnosed with bilateral pneumonia, says the Vatican
Pope John Paul II was the first Polish Pope in history. (Chuck Fishman/Getty Images)
Duration his papacy, John Paul II preached the service, the responsibility of peace and the protection of life. In 1981, a lonely gunman, Mehmet Ali Ağca, tried to kill the Pope in the Plaza de San Pedro in the city of the Vatican. He was hit twice as he was traveling in an open and seriously injured car. He was urgently taken to the Gemelli hospital in Rome and treated for his wounds.
John Paul II later visited Aededeca in prison and forgave the shooter in person.
In 2005, John Paul died in his department in the Vatican at age 84. He was canonized as Santo in 2014.
Pope John Paul I (1978-1978)
Pope John Paul I, born Albino Luciani, was elected Pope on August 26, 1978. His reign as sovereign of the city of the Vatican was a letter, since he died 33 days later.
He was ordered in 1935, appointed Bishop in 1958 and created the archbishop of Venice in 1969. He is known as “the smiling Pope.”
Pope Paul VI (1963-1978)
Pope Paul VI was born Giovanni Battista Montini in Brescia, Italy. He was chosen as a pontiff in 1963 after being appointed Archbishop or Milan.
Duration of his papacy, Montini concluded three sessions of the second Vatican Council, a significant renewal of the Catholic Church. The official documents marked a milestone in the Church and condemned anti -Semitism.
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Pope John Paul II was shot at Mehmet Ali Aededeca in 1981. He visited his possible murderer in the Rebibbia prison, Rome. (Getty images)
Montini traveled to the Holy Land in the Middle East, India, Uganda, the Philippines and parts of the United States last their reign.
In 2018, Pope Paul VI was canonized as a saint. He was recognized as a strong leader, and his efforts to build stronger ties among other religions are cited as one of the reasons for his canonization.
Pope Paul VI died in 1978 at age 80.
Pope John XXIII (1958-1963)
Pope John XXIII, born Angelo Giuseppe Roncalli, was born in a family of 13 children in Sotto Il Monte, Italy.
In 1892, Roncalli entered the seminar. He was ordered in 1904 and was appointed Cardinal and the Patriarch of Venice in 1953.
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Funerals or potatoes take place in St. Peter’s of the city of the Vatican, where many are buried. (AP)
As Pontiff, Roncalli convinced the second Vatican Council, which modernized the Catholic Church by renewing liturgy and theology and developing better relations with other religions.
Pope John XXIII died in 1963 and was canonized as a saint along with John Paul II in 2014.
PIO PIO XII (1939-1958)
Pope Pius XII, born Eugenio Pacelli, was an Italian cardinal before being elected Pope in his 63rd birthday in 1939.
Pope Pius XI called Pacelli a cardinal after a one -day conclave between the Cardinals College in 1929.
Pacelli was World War II and through the Holocaust. The correspondence of the Vatican archives shows that Pacelli received the news of the atrocities that occurred against the Jewish people in Germany, and he received pleas to help the Jews.
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Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI died at age 95. His funeral took place in the Plaza de San Pedro and around 50,000 people attended. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)
Pope Pius XII has been intensely criticized by what has been called his lack of support for the duration of the Jews, World War II, but the Vatican has remained firm in his defense.
Pius XII died in 1958 at age 82.
PAPO XI (1922-1939)
Pope Pius XI, born Ambrogio Damiano Achille Ratti, was ordered priest in 1879. He was appointed Cardinal and Archbishop of Milan in 1921 by Pope Benedict XV and chose the Pope in 1922.
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Benito Mussolini, the Italian dictator, came to power in 1922. The Treaty of Lateran signed by Mussolini and the papacy recognized the papal superity over the city of the Vatican, which makes the State a neutral territory and the independent political pope.
Pío XI died in 1939 at age 81.