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Pope Paul VI

pope of the Catholic Church from 1963 to 1978 (1897–1978)

17 dated entries naming Pope Paul VI, drawn from 11 separate years between 1949 CE and 2014 CE. Nothing here is written by us: each line is the sentence a Wikipedia year article used, and the link beside it opens the exact revision.

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20th century

  • 1949August 21 – The Vatican announces that bones uncovered in its catacombs could be those of the apostle Peter; 19 years later, Pope Paul VI announces confirmation that the bones belong to this first pope.source
  • 1963June 21 – Pope Paul VI (Giovanni Battista Montini) succeeds Pope John XXIII as the 262nd pope.source
  • 1964January 5 – In the first meeting between leaders of the Roman Catholic and Orthodox churches since the fifteenth century, Pope Paul VI and Patriarch Athenagoras I of Constantinople meet in Jerusalem.source
  • 1965October 28 – Pope Paul VI promulgates Nostra aetate, a "Declaration on the Relation of the (Roman Catholic) Church with Non-Christian Religions" by the Second Vatican Council which includes a statement that Jews are not collectively responsible for the death of Jesus (Jewish deicide).source
  • 1965October 4 – Pope Paul VI makes the first papal visit to the United States. He appears for a Mass in Yankee Stadium and makes a speech at the United Nations.source
  • 1966April 27 – Pope Paul VI and Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko meet in the Vatican (the first meeting between leaders of the Roman Catholic Church and the Soviet Union).source
  • 1966March 24 – Pope Paul VI meets Michael Ramsey, the Archbishop of Canterbury, in Rome, and gives him an episcopal ring.source
  • 1967June 26 – Pope Paul VI ordains 27 new cardinals (one of whom is the future Pope John Paul II).source
  • 1967March 28 – Pope Paul VI issues the encyclical Populorum progressio.source
  • 1968July 25 – Pope Paul VI publishes the encyclical Humanae vitae, reaffirming the Catholic Church's opposition to artificial birth control.source
  • 1969February 14 – Pope Paul VI issues Mysterii Paschalis, a motu proprio, deleting many names from the Roman calendar of saints (including Valentine, who was celebrated on this day).source
  • 1969July 31 – Pope Paul VI arrives in Entebbe, Uganda for the first visit by a reigning Pope to Africa.source
  • 1969March 28 – Pope Paul VI increases the number of Roman Catholic cardinals by one-third, from 101 to 134.source
  • 1970October 3 – Pope Paul VI names Saint Catherine of Siena (d. 1380) as the second female Doctor of the Church.source
  • 1970September 27 – Pope Paul VI names Saint Teresa of Ávila (d. 1582) as the first female Doctor of the Church.source
  • 1978August 6 – Pope Paul VI dies at Castel Gandolfo.source

21st century

  • 2014October 19 – The Roman Catholic Church beatifies Pope Paul VI.source

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