Joline H.

Dela Cruz
12 – St. Dominic
List of Popes (Assignment)

 20th Century

NAME Leo XIII, original Saint Pius X, original Benedict XV, original
name Vincenzo name Giuseppe name Giacomo Della
Gioacchino Pecci Melchiorre Sarto Chiesa
PONTIFICATE Leo XIII showed his The pontificate of Pius Benedict XV's
preference for X was noted for its pontificate was
diplomacy. conservative theology dominated by World
and reforms in liturgy War I, which he
and church law. termed, along with its
turbulent aftermath,
"the suicide of
Europe."
PORTRAIT

PLACE OF BIRTH Carpineto Romano, Riese, Italy Pegli, Italy

Italy
NOTES “Rerum Novarum” Instaurare Omnia in “Ad beatissimi
“Aeterni Patris” Christo, or "to restore Apostolorum”
“Providentissimus all things in Christ. “Quod iam diu”
Deus”

 21st Century

NAME St. John Paul II, Benedict XVI, Pope Francis,

original name Karol original name Joseph original name Jorge
Józef Wojtyła Aloisius Ratzinger Mario Bergoglio
PONTIFICATE John Paul II in his As pope, one of Challenging the
first 20 years presided Benedict XVI's main faithful, Worldwide
at the canonization of roles was to teach diplomacy, Vatican
280 new saints– 246 about the Catholic reforms, Respect for
martyrs and 34 faith and the solutions life
confessors– in 35 to the problems of
different ceremonies. discerning and living
He beatified 805 the faith
people, in 112
ceremonies.
PORTRAIT

PLACE OF BIRTH Wadowice, Poland Marktl, Germany Flores, Buenos Aires,

Argentina
NOTES Very Much in God's “Friendship with Jesus Francis told La Civiltà
Hands Christ” Cattolica that the
"Dictatorship of church does not need
relativism" to speak constantly of
the issues of abortion,
artificial
contraception, and
homosexuality.

 1st Century

NAME St Peter St Linus St Anacletus

PONTIFICATE Peter's life story is According to The "Catalogus
told in the four Irenaeus, was the Liberianus", the
canonical gospels, the person to whom the "Carmen contra
Acts of the Apostles, blessed Apostles Marcionem" and the
New Testament entrusted the "Liber Pontificalis", all
letters, the non- episcopal care of the most respectable for
canonical Gospel of Church founded in the their antiquity, make
the Hebrews and City, and whom Cletus and Anacletus
other Early Church blessed Paul the distinct from each
accounts of his life Apostle mentions as other
and death. associated with him.
PORTRAIT

PLACE OF BIRTH Bethsaida, Galilea, Volterra, Italia, Athens, Achaea,

Roman Empire Roman Empire Roman Empire
NOTES Apostle of Jesus from The blessed apostles, “one who has been
whom he received the then, having founded called back”
keys of the Kingdom and built up the “Martyrologium
of Heaven Church. Romanum"