Pope Francis
1936–2025 · Person
First Jesuit pope, first from the Americas; focus on poverty, climate, mercy; reformed Vatican governance.
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More from Christianity
- Conversion of Constantine (312)
- Saint Paul (5)
- Paul's missionary journeys (48)
- Christianity becomes Roman state religion (380)
- Council of Chalcedon (451)
- Counter-Reformation (1540)
- Council of Trent (1545)
- Second Vatican Council (1962)
Around 1936
- World War II (1939)
- The Holocaust (1941)
- Hitler becomes Chancellor of Germany (1933)
- D-Day (Operation Overlord) (1944)
- Pop music: the 1940s (1940)
- Pop music: the 1930s (1930)
- Great Depression (1929)
- Attack on Pearl Harbor (1941)
- United Nations founded (1945)
- Discovery of penicillin (1928)