Po cerkvenem pravu je z izvolitvijo za rimskega škofa Jorge Mario Bergoglio postal 266. papež, 265. naslednik apostola Petra, 8. suveren države mesto Vatikan, primas Italije ter metropolit rimske cerkvene pokrajine.. Hitra izvolitev. 13. marca 2013 je bil v petem krogu konklava izvoljen za papeža in si izbral ime Frančišek. Je prvi papež s tem imenom. Po dveh neuspešnih …

Pope Innocent X (Latin: Innocentius X; Italian: Innocenzo X; 6 May 1574 – 7 January 1655), born Giovanni Battista Pamphilj (or Pamphili), was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 15 September 1644 to his death in January 1655.. Born in Rome of a family from Gubbio in Umbria who had come to Rome during the pontificate of Pope Innocent IX, Pamphili …

Early life. Pope was born on July 16, 1919, in Milton, Massachusetts, the son of Laurence Everett Pope and Ruth Parker Pope. He later moved to North Quincy, where he graduated from North Quincy High School in 1936. He attended Bowdoin College in Brunswick, Maine, and excelled in both academics and athletics.He was the captain of the state-champion tennis team and was a …

Pope Leo I (c. 400 – 10 November 461), also known as Leo the Great, was bishop of Rome from 29 September 440 until his death. Pope Benedict XVI said that Leo's papacy "was undoubtedly one of the most important in the Church's history.". Leo was a Roman aristocrat, and was the first pope to have been called "the Great".He is perhaps best known for having met Attila the Hun in …

Pope Paul III (Latin: Paulus III; Italian: Paolo III; 29 February 1468 – 10 November 1549), born Alessandro Farnese, was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 13 October 1534 to his death in November 1549.. He came to the papal throne in an era following the sack of Rome in 1527 and rife with uncertainties in the Catholic Church following the Protestant …

Svätý Ján Pavol II. (lat. Ioannes Paulus Secundus, vl. menom Karol Józef Wojtyła poľská výslovnosť; * 18. máj 1920, Wadowice pri Krakove – † 2. apríl 2005, Vatikán) bol poľský duchovný a 264. rímsky pápež (v období 1978 – 2005), prvý netaliansky pápež od roku 1522 a najmladší od roku 1846.Teológ, intelektuál, básnik, dramatik, profesionálny filozof vyškolený ...

Kurent (tudi korant) je značilni pustni lik s Ptuja, Dravskega polja in okolice, v pustnem času nastopajo na tradicionalnem kurentovanju.Po izročilu s poskakovanjem kurenti s hudim truščem (zvonjenjem) iz dežele odganjajo zimo in zlo, vanjo pa kličejo pomlad ter dobro letino.

Pope Sixtus V (Italian: Sisto V; 13 December 1521 – 27 August 1590), born Felice Piergentile, was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 24 April 1585 to his death in August 1590. As a youth, he joined the Franciscan order, where he displayed talents as a scholar and preacher, and enjoyed the patronage of Pius V, who made him a cardinal.

Pope Benedict IX (Latin: Benedictus IX; c. 1012 – c. 1056), born Theophylactus of Tusculum in Rome, was the bishop of Rome and ruler of the Papal States on three occasions between October 1032 and July 1048. Aged approximately 20 at his first election, he is one of the youngest popes in history. He is the only man to have been Pope on more than one occasion and the …

Pope Benedict XVI, who led the Roman Catholic Church as Pope from 2005 to 2013, continued manouevring the Church through the dynamics of modernity, which the Church had begun engaging in with the Second Vatican Council.Because the question of religious pluralism is a key issue raised by modernity, ecumenism, the establishment of harmony and dialogue between …