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Christianity - Papacy timeline
Pope Paul VI issues the encyclical Humanae Vitae, condemning all methods of artificial birth control
Polish composer Andrzej Panufnik's Universal Prayer, a cantata setting poetry by Alexander Pope, has its premiere in New York
Italian cardinal Albino Luciani is elected pope and takes the name John Paul I
Pope John Paul I dies, after a pontificate of only 33 days
Polish cardinal Karol Wojtyla is elected pope and takes the name John Paul II
Pope's Villa becomes St James Independent School for Boys.
Patriarch Christodoulos attends the funeral in Rome of Pope John Paul II
John Paul II, dying after 26 years on the papal throne, is the third longest-serving pope in history
Joseph Ratzinger is elected pope and takes the name Benedict XVI
Patriarch Christodoulos has talks with Pope Benedict XVI, in the first official visit to the Vatican by the head of the Greek Orthodox church
Pope Benedict XVI resigns, the first pope to do so for 600 years
The Argentinian archbishop Jorge Bergoglio is elected pope and takes the name Francis in honour of St Francis of Assisi
