Joseph Ratzinger is inaugurated as Pope Benedict XVI.
Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger was elected as Pope under the name Pope Benedict XVI.
Over 4 million people pay their last respects to Pope John Paul II.
A picture of Pope John Paul II was torn up by the Irish singer Sinead O'Connor on Saturday Night Live.
Mother Teresa and The Pope met in Calcutta, where they both fed the sick.
Pope John Paul II established World Youth Day, an event for young Christians around the world.
Pope John Paul II proclaimed the day as the first-ever World Youth Day.
Juan María Fernández y Krohn tried to assassinate Pope John Paul II with a bayonet.
Pope John Paul II was sent to hospital for 55 days after contracting an infection.
An assassination attempt was made on Pope John Paul II.
Pope John Paul II became the first pope to visit the White House in Washington, D.C.
John Paul II became the first pope to visit the Republic of Ireland.
Pope John Paul II becomes the first pontiff to visit a communist country.
Pope Paul VI canonized Elizabeth Anne Seton as the first American saint.
Pope Paul VI declared the prohibition of birth control.
Pope John Paul IV visited New York, becoming the first Pope to visit the Western Hemisphere.
Cardinal Giovanni Battista Montini becomes Pope Paul VI.
Future Pope John Paul II was almost killed by a Nazi truck in Krakow, Poland.
Pope Benedict XV canonized Joan of Arc.
The first Vatican Council, also known as Vatican I, decrees the doctrine of Papal infallibility.
The longest papal reign began when Pope Pius IX was elected.
Pope Leo XII renewed the prohibition of members of the Catholic Church from joining the Freemasons.
Pope Pius VII restored the Society of Jesus.
The Trevi Fountain, one of Rome's most famous landmarks, was opened to the public by Pope Clement XIII.
Benedetto Odescalchi was elected as Pope Innocent XI.
The Wars of Castro ended when Pope Innocent X and his forces destroyed the Italian city of Castro.
Pope Innocent IX was elected.
Pope Gregory XIII introduced the concept of the Gregorian Calendar to Europe.
Pope Paul III excommunicated King Henry VIII of England.
Pope Clement VII excommunicated King Henry VIII of England for his terrible behavior.
Henry VIII declared his marriage to Catherine of Aragon officially null and void, despite Pope Clement VII's refusal to allow it.
King Henry VIII was forbidden to remarry in a letter sent to him by Pope Clement VII.
Pope Alexander VI divided the New World between Spain and Portugal.
Pope Alexander VI, born Rodrigo de Borja became Pope.
Pope Gregory XII was appointed head of the Catholic Church by a conclave of 15 cardinals in Rome.
Pope Clement VI issued two papal bulls stating that Jews were not to blame for the Black Death.
Pope Celestine V resigned after just five months in the job to return to his life as an ascetic hermit.
Pope Innocent III brought together the council for the Fourth Council of the Lateran, which was held at the Lateran Palace in Rome, Italy.
Otto IV was crowned Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire by Pope Innocent III.
Pope Paschal I crowned Lothair I as the Emperor of Italy.
Pope Constantine died.
Pope Sergius I consecrated Willibrord as bishop of the Frisians at the Church of Santa Cecilia in Trastevere in Rome, Italy.
Pope Leo II became the bishop of Rome.
Mercurius became Pope John II, making him the first pope to change their name after attaining popehood.
Saint John I became the Catholic Pope.
Pope Hilarius became the Bishop of Rome.
Pope Innocent I was elected.
Pope Anastasius I became the Bishop of Rome, reigning until his death.
Pope Fabian succeeded Anterus and became the twentieth pope of Rome.
