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The film raised several controversies because of its portrait of Pope Pius XII and its historical inaccuracies. Chief rabbi of Rome Riccardo Di Segni described the film as "a propagandistic piece of crap, an apologetic work" which was "full of errors and inaccuracies" and "absolutory on the choices, events and silences of the papacy of Pius XII ...
We're discussing the voting process depicted in the new papal thriller "Conclave" (in theaters now). Light spoilers ahead! Twice in past years, I hopped a flight to Rome in order to cover one of ...
Plaque commemorating the popes buried in St. Peter's Basilica (their names in Latin and the year of their burial). This chronological list of popes of the Catholic Church corresponds to that given in the Annuario Pontificio under the heading "I Sommi Pontefici Romani" (The Roman Supreme Pontiffs), excluding those that are explicitly indicated as antipopes.
While most of the principles of the Dictatus Papae detail the powers of the papacy and infallibility of the Roman church, principle 9 dictates that "All princes shall kiss the feet of the Pope alone," and principle 10 states that "His [the pope's] name alone shall be spoken in the churches."
ROME (AP) — The Vatican’s chief prosecutor has strongly defended the integrity and fairness of the city state’s justice system following criticism that Pope Francis' absolute power and his ...
Shades of Truth is an Italian movie, created and directed by Liana Marabini in 2015, about the life of Pope Pius XII and his relation with Nazi Germany.Its world premiere took place at the Vatican City on March 2, 2015, marking the anniversary of the birth of Eugenio Pacelli in 1876 and his appointment as Pope Pius XII in 1939. [1]
This has been a blockbuster election year politically, so it’s fitting that a new movie shines a light on an ancient and highly secretive voting process: the selection of a new pope.
The right exercised by Byzantine (Byzantine Papacy) and Holy Roman emperors to confirm the election of a pope, which was last exercised in the Early Middle Ages, appears unrelated to the early modern legal claim of jus exclusivae by the Holy Roman Empire, France, and Spain.