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   "Yes, the trouble about being on the side of right as one sees it, is that often one finds oneself in the company of such very questionable allies." Mr. Fowler, Separate Tables (1958).

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The Popes

 

Regnal Name	Baptismal Name	Reign	Notes
Benedict XVI	Ratzinger	2005-
John Paul II	Wojtyla	1978-2005	Pilgrim Pope, 1983 Code, Catechism, Fall of Soviet Communism
John Paul I	Luciani	1978
Paul VI	Montini	1963-1978	Vatican II: 2-4, Liturgical reforms, Humanae vitae
John XXIII	Roncalli	1958-1963	Vatican II: 1, Pacem in terris, Mater et Magistra
Pius XII	Pacelli	1939-1958	World War II, Mediator Dei, Mystici Corporis
Pius XI	Ratti	1922-1939	Lateran Treaty, Casti connubii
Benedict XV	della Chiesa	1914-1922	World War I, 1917 Code
St. Pius X	Sarto	1903-1914	Liturgical reforms, 1917 Code, Curial reforms
Leo XIII	Pecci	1878-1903	Social teachings, Aeterni Patris, Apostolicae curae
Pius IX	Mastai Ferretti	1846-1878	Vatican I, Prisoner of the Vatican
Gregory XVI	Cappellari	1831-1846
pius VIII	Castiglioni	1829-1830
Leo XII	della Genga	1823-1829
Pius VII	Chiaramonti	1800-1823	Restoration of the Jesuits
Pius VI	Braschi	1775-1799	Set up Baltimore see, died Napoleon's prisoner, Auctorem Fidei
Clement XIV	Ganganelli	1769-1774	Suppression of the Jesuits
Clement XIII	Rezzonico	1758-1769
Benedict XIV	Lambertini	1740-1758	"First Modern Pope", True Humanism, De Synodo Diocesano
Clement XII	Corsini	1730-1740
Benedict XIII	Orsini	1724-1730
Innocent XIII	dei Conti	1721-1724
Clement XI	Albani	1700-1721	Elected pope while a priest
Innocent XII	Pignatelli	1691-1700	Curbed nepotism
Alexander VIII	Ottoboni	1689-1691
Bl. Innocent XI	Odescalchi	1676-1689
Clement X	Altieri	1670-1676
Clement IX	Rospigliosi	1667-1669
Alexander VII	Chigi	1655-1667
Innocent X	Pamfili	1644-1655
Urban VIII	Barberini	1623-1644
Gregory XV	Ludovisi	1621-1623
Paul V	Borghese	1605-1621
Clement VIII	Aldobrandini	1592-1605
Innocent IX	Fachinetti	1591
Gregory XIV	Sfondrati	1590-1591
Urban VII	Castagna	1590	A friend of the poor
Sixtus V	Peretti	1585-1590
Gregory XIII	Buoncompagni	1572-1585
St. Pius V	Ghislieri	1566-1572
Pius IV	de' Medici	1560-1565
Paul IV	Carafa	1555-1559	Trent, Sessions 17-25
Marcellus II	Cervini	1555
Julius III	del Monte	1550-1555	Trent, Sessions 11-16
Paul III	Farnese	1534-1549	Trent, Sessions 1-10
Clement VII	de' Medici	1523-1534
Adrian IV	Florensz	1522-1523
Leo X	de' Medici	1513-1521
Julius II	della Rovere	1503-1513	St. Peter's Basilica, not a bad pope for a warrior
Pius III	T. Piccolomini	1503	Elected pope while a deacon
Alexander VI	Borgia	1492-1503

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