Attila was leading the Huns into the Western half of the Roman Empire to attack Rome in 452, when Pope Leo I rode out alone and talked to Attila, persuading him to turn back and not sack Rome. Attila was leading the Huns into the Western half of the Roman Empire to attack Rome in 452, when Pope Leo I rode out alone and talked to Attila, persuading him to turn back and not sack Rome.
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Pope Francis made an apostolic visit to the United States and made major addresses at a joint meeting of Congress and at the United Nations. He also addressed the World Meeting of Families at Philadelphia. During his time in Washington he also canonized Father Junipero Serra.
May 4, 1493 in HistoryEvent: Spanish Pope Alexander VI divides America between Spain and Portugal
We have a pope, Pope Francis, who happens to be a Jesuit. However, there is no Jesuit Pope. Some public media sources often refer to the Superior General of the Jesuits as the "Black Pope" in reference to the black worn by priests of the order and the power that has been wielded by the Jesuits in the past. However, the Catholic Church has only one true Pope who wears white and that is currently (2015) Pope Francis.
The line determined by Pope Alexander the sixth which split South America between Spain and Portugal is named the Line of Demarcation.
There were revolts against what the country folks regarded as crimes against the pope for instance in La Vendee