St. Peter's Basilica
Church in Vatican City
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| 2025 | A scholarly paper suggested that Peter's death may have been due to intra-community violence, offering a new perspective on the circumstances of his martyrdom. |
| 2025 | Vatican collaborated with Microsoft to create an interactive version of St. Peter's Basilica in the video game Minecraft, titled 'Peter is Here', developed as part of the 2025 Jubilee to engage young audiences. |
| 2024 | Vatican partnered with Microsoft to create an interactive 3D model of St. Peter's Basilica using over 400,000 high-resolution drone photographs, generating the model with artificial intelligence. |
| March 2023 | Public prosecutor's office in Munich discontinued investigations against Benedict XVI, finding insufficient evidence of criminal activity related to sexual abuse cases. |
| January 5 2023 | Pope Benedict XVI was interred in St. Peter's Basilica, marking the most recent burial in the basilica's extensive tomb collection. |
| 2022 | The Peruvian Ministry of Culture officially declared the traditional use of San Pedro cactus in northern Peru as cultural heritage, recognizing its significance in Andean traditional medicine and cultural practices. |
| September 4 2022 |
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Pope Francis presides over his beatification ceremony.
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| September 4 2022 |
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Pope John Paul I was beatified at Saint Peter's Square, based on the miracle of an 11-year-old's recovery from inflammatory encephalopathy in Buenos Aires.
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| 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. |
| 2021 |
Clementine Chapel
The Clementine Chapel began to be used for celebrations of the Tridentine Mass in the Vatican.
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| October 13 2021 |
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Pope Francis authorized a decree recognizing the miracle, enabling John Paul I's beatification process.
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| 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. |
| May 6 2021 |
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Theologians approved the miracle, determining it was a direct result of Pope John Paul I's intercession.
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| February 28 2021 | Benedict XVI reaffirms the legitimacy of his resignation in an interview, denying any speculation about external pressure or invalidity. |
| February 20 2021 | Mauro Gambetti became the Archpriest of St. Peter's Basilica, succeeding Angelo Comastri |
| 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 31 2019 |
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Medical consultants in Rome deemed the healing of an Argentine nun as a miracle, finding no possible scientific or medical explanation.
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| 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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| July 2 2019 | Pope Francis transferred nine bone fragments of Saint Peter within a bronze reliquary to Orthodox Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew of Constantinople, as a gesture of ecumenical unity. |
| May 29 2019 | Liturgical feast day moved to 29 May, commemorating his priestly ordination. |
| October 14 2018 | Canonised by Pope Francis, alongside Archbishop Oscar Romero. |
| October 14 2018 | Canonised by Pope Francis, officially declared a saint. |
| March 6 2018 | Pope Francis confirmed the healing miracle, approving Paul VI's canonisation. |
| 2017 |
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Journalist Stefania Falasca published a book 'Pope Luciani, Chronicle of a Death', revealing new details about John Paul I's final hours and death.
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| November 8 2017 |
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Pope Francis confirms his heroic virtue and names him Venerable.
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| June 2017 | Benedict receives newly created cardinals in his chapel and speaks with each in their native language. |
| March 11 2017 | Investigation of the final miracle for canonisation (healing of Amanda Maria Paola) closed in Verona. |
| 2016 |
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A potential miracle attributed to Pope John Paul I's intercession was reported to have occurred with a nun in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
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| August 2015 | Benedict spends two weeks at Castel Gandolfo, invited by Pope Francis, and receives two honorary doctorates from Cardinal Stanislaw Dziwisz. |
| August 2015 | Benedict submits a handwritten card as testimony to the cause of canonization of Pope John Paul I. |
| October 2014 | Benedict attends the beatification of Pope Paul VI. |
| October 19 2014 | Beatified by Pope Francis after recognition of a miracle attributed to his intercession. |
| 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. |
| February 18 2014 | Vatican theologians officially recognized the miracle attributed to Paul VI. |
| December 12 2013 | Vatican medical panel approved a miracle attributed to Paul VI's intercession - the healing of an unborn child in California in the 1990s. |
| November 24 2013 | Pope Francis publicly presented part of Saint Peter's relics, consisting of bone fragments, during a Mass celebrated in St. Peter's Square. |
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