Pope Paul VI
Head of the Catholic Church from 1963 to 1978
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| March 2023 | Public prosecutor's office in Munich discontinued investigations against Benedict XVI, finding insufficient evidence of criminal activity related to sexual abuse cases. |
| February 2022 | Benedict XVI publicly admitted errors in treating sexual abuse cases and asked for forgiveness for 'grievous fault' while denying personal wrongdoing. |
| January 2022 | A report by German law firm Westpfahl Spilker Wastl concluded that Cardinal Ratzinger failed to adequately address four cases of alleged sexual abuse during his time as Archbishop. |
| July 2021 | Pope Francis issued the apostolic letter Traditionis custodes, which substantially reversed Benedict XVI's previous guidelines on the Tridentine Mass and imposed new, broad restrictions on its use, causing controversy among conservative and traditionalist Catholics. |
| June 29 2021 | Benedict celebrates his platinum jubilee (70th anniversary) as a priest. |
| February 28 2021 | Benedict XVI reaffirms the legitimacy of his resignation in an interview, denying any speculation about external pressure or invalidity. |
| January 2021 | Benedict receives a COVID-19 vaccine. |
| 2020 |
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A report was released detailing the handling of sexual misconduct complaints against Theodore McCarrick, which prompted some to call for John Paul II's sainthood to be revoked.
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| November 2020 | The Vatican published a report holding Popes John Paul II and Benedict XVI responsible for allowing Theodore McCarrick to rise in power despite known sex abuse allegations. |
| September 2020 |
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Poland unveiled a sculpture of John Paul II outside the National Museum in Warsaw, depicting him holding a meteorite. In the same month, a relic containing his blood was stolen from the Spoleto Cathedral in Italy.
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| May 7 2020 |
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The Holy See approved opening the diocesan phase of the beatification cause for Pope John Paul II's parents.
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| 2019 | Benedict XVI released a 6,000-word letter addressing the Catholic Church's sexual abuse crisis, attributing it to moral erosion from secularization and the 1960s sexual revolution. His perspective contrasted with Pope Francis's view of the issue as a result of power abuses within the Church hierarchy. |
| October 10 2019 |
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The Archdiocese of Kraków and the Polish Episcopal Conference approved nihil obstat for opening the beatification cause of Pope John Paul II's parents, Karol Wojtyła Sr. and Emilia Kaczorowska.
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| 2018 |
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The Ralph Sherwin Catholic church in Chellaston was demolished to make space for a Lidl supermarket.
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| June 2017 | Benedict receives newly created cardinals in his chapel and speaks with each in their native language. |
| August 2015 | Benedict submits a handwritten card as testimony to the cause of canonization of Pope John Paul I. |
| August 2015 | Benedict spends two weeks at Castel Gandolfo, invited by Pope Francis, and receives two honorary doctorates from Cardinal Stanislaw Dziwisz. |
| October 2014 | Benedict attends the beatification of Pope Paul VI. |
| August 2014 | Benedict celebrates Mass at the Vatican and meets with his former doctoral students, continuing an annual tradition he had maintained since the 1970s. |
| February 22 2014 | Benedict makes his first public appearance after resignation at St. Peter's Basilica, attending the first papal consistory of Pope Francis. |
| May 2 2013 | Benedict moves to the Mater Ecclesiae Monastery in the Vatican Gardens after completing renovations of his retirement home. |
| July 2012 |
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A Colombian man, Marco Fidel Rojas, testified to being miraculously cured of Parkinson's disease after meeting John Paul II in Rome.
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| May 3 2011 |
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John Paul II's remains were interred in the marble altar in Pier Paolo Cristofari Chapel of St. Sebastian, in a more prominent location to allow more pilgrims to view his memorial.
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| May 1 2011 |
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John Paul II was beatified in a mass at St. Peter's Square.
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| April 29 2011 |
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John Paul II's coffin was disinterred from the grotto beneath St. Peter's Basilica in preparation for his beatification.
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| January 14 2011 |
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The Vatican confirmed the miracle involving Sister Marie Simon-Pierre and announced John Paul II's beatification would occur on May 1st.
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