Papabile (z wł. godny pozycji papieża; możliwy, prawdopodobny następca papieża; lm. papabili) – nieoficjalne określenie osób uważanych przez watykanistów za ewentualnych kandydatów na stanowisko papieża.Wyraz ten jest neologizmem i pochodzi od nieistniejącego czasownika papare oznaczającego czynić kogoś papieżem.. Papieże, którzy byli papabili przed wyborem …

Papabile (/ p ə ˈ p ɑː b ɪ l eɪ /, also UK: /-l i /, Italian: [paˈpaːbile]; pl. papabili; lit. '"pop(e)able"' or "able to be pope" [a] ) is an unofficial Italian term first coined by Vaticanologists and now used internationally in many languages to describe a Catholic man, in practice always a cardinal , who is thought a likely or ...

The 1963 papal conclave was convoked following the death of Pope John XXIII on 3 June 1963 in the Apostolic Palace.After the cardinal electors assembled in Rome, the conclave to elect John's successor began on 19 June and ended two days later, on 21 June, after six ballots. The cardinals elected Cardinal Giovanni Battista Montini, Archbishop of Milan.He accepted the …

A pontifical university is an ecclesiastical university established or approved directly by the Holy See, composed of three main ecclesiastical faculties (Theology, Philosophy and Canon Law) and at least one other faculty.These academic institutes deal specifically with Christian revelation and related disciplines, and the Church's mission of spreading the Gospel, as proclaimed in the ...

Jean-Louis Pierre Tauran (French: [ʒɑ̃lwi toʁɑ̃]; 5 April 1943 – 5 July 2018) was a French cardinal of the Catholic Church.When he died, he had been the president of the Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue since 2007 and Camerlengo of the Holy Roman Church since the end of 2014. He was made a cardinal in 2003 and was the Cardinal Protodeacon from 2011 to 2014.

In Catholicism, the modern zucchetto is most commonly made of silk or polyester fabric. The design utilises eight gores or triangular panels that are joined at the tips to form a hemispherical skullcap. Jutting from the central tip of the zucchetto is the "stem", known as stirpis or stirpes.It is made of a twisted loop of silk cord and is meant to make handling the zucchetto easier.

A papal name or pontificial name is the regnal name taken by a pope.Both the head of the Catholic Church, usually known as the pope, and the pope of the Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria (Coptic pope) choose papal names. As of 2013, Pope Francis is the Catholic pope, and Tawadros II or Theodoros II is the Coptic pope. This article discusses and lists the names …

Biografia Cursus honorum all'interno del PCUS Gorbačëv in visita a un allevamento di maiali a Golßen, nella DDR, nel 1966.. Dopo il diploma fu ammesso alla facoltà di giurisprudenza dell'Università statale di Mosca dove ebbe, tra i compagni di studi, il ceco Zdenek Mlynar.Si laureò nel 1955 e proseguì gli studi per corrispondenza, ottenendo una seconda laurea (nel …

Giuseppe Siri (20 May 1906 – 2 May 1989) was an Italian cardinal of the Catholic Church who served as Archbishop of Genoa from 1946 to 1987, and was elevated to the rank of cardinal in 1953. He was a protege of Pope Pius XII.He was considered a likely candidate to succeed Pius XII, John XXIII, Paul VI, and John Paul I

The orders, decorations, and medals of the Holy See include titles, chivalric orders, distinctions and medals honoured by the Holy See, with the Pope as the fount of honour, for deeds and merits of their recipients to the benefit of the Holy See, the Catholic Church, or their respective communities, societies, nations and the world at large.. Some of these honours are defunct or …