![]() ![]() (He also had two long layovers in Alaska, in 19, but we’re not counting those.) Pope Benedict XVI paid a visit in 2008, making Pope John Paul I-who held the position for about a month before his untimely death-the only pope in the last half-century not to come to the U.S. This list of all popes is ordered chronologically but can also be sorted alphabetically, just click on the name. In the intervening years, Pope John Paul II set the record for visits with five trips to the States between 19. The History of the Papacy is the history of both the spiritual and temporal roles of the popes over a timespan of over 2,000 years from the arrival of Peter. “During their get-together the main subject of conversation, with two interpreters on hand to make it clear, would be what Lyndon likes to call ‘that little five-letter word’-peace.” When we think about the influence of the Catholic Church on foreign affairs, we do not tend to think about the Vatican’s actions per se, but of the pope’s influence. But the position transcends the individual this pope is a passing ocupant of a seat with nearly 2,000 years of history. 533 May 535, John II (Schaffs History of the Christian Church makes it 532, and the Catholic Encyclopedia lists the. Chief Executive to meet a Pope,” TIME noted that week. ![]() Johnson, who had spent a good deal of time studying a handy little briefing book from the State Department on Vatican protocol (he didn’t have to kiss the papal ring because he is a chief of state), would be only the fourth U.S. He led the Argentine Church during the December 2001. “The Pope’s visit with Lyndon Johnson was to take place in the Waldorf-Astoria’s nine-room Suite 35-A, which is always reserved for the President. He became the Archbishop of Buenos Aires in 1998 and was created a cardinal in 2001 by Pope John Paul II. The same trip also made Paul the first Pope to visit the United Nations, according to the U.S. next week, he will do so only 50 years-almost exactly-after Paul VI became the first pontiff ever to make an official trip to the country. The Papal Bull Inter Caetera, issued by Pope. The history of papal visits to the United States is even briefer than one might expect. The Doctrine of Discovery, 1493 Demarcation bull, granting Spain possession of the New World, May 4, 1493.
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