peter the apostle
The first work of fiction to be blessed by the Pope was "Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ" by Lew Wallace. It was blessed by Pope Leo XIII in 1890.
Mother Teresa of Calcutta The Pope called the patients at the Nirmal Hriday Ashram, home for the dying, in Calcutta blessed when he recalled his first visit there and his meeting with Mother Teresa at her beatification.
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Pope Urban II called for the First Crusade.
Pope Urban II
Lew Wallace wrote Ben Hur.
Blessed Pope Pius IX (the 9th) was number 256 in the list of Popes! He was Pope from 1846-1878, and now has the title "Blessed".
She is the patron saint of first communicants as per Pope Saint Pius X.
The first pope was considered to have been St. Peter the Apostle.
Blessed Pope Pius IX died on February 7, 1878 at the age of 85.
The First Crusade was called by Pope Urban II.
Pope Francis is the first member of the Jesuit order to be elected as pope, the first pope from the Western Hemisphere, the first pope from the Southern Hemisphere and the first pope from the Americas.