It’s beginning to look a lot like a Jubilee, as the Vatican and Rome rush to put the final touches on preparations before ...

who was Pope during a period of great political and religious crisis. Born as Pietro Angelerio, he ascended to the Papal Throne on July 5, 1294, under the name Celestine V but renounced the Papacy ...

and the first on a pope's initiative since Celestine V in 1294. He was succeeded by current Argentine pope Francis on 13 March 2013 (ANSA).