The underground cemeteries, nearly 2,000 years old, hold some of the earliest evidence of Christian faith, belief in the ...

How long does it take to choose a pope. The longest conclave since the 20th century began took 14 rounds of balloting across five days, ending with the election of Pius XI in 1922.

Pope Francis took one last ride in a Mercedes before death. History of the 'popemobile.' One of the first motorized popemobiles was a black Graham-Paige Type 837, gifted to Pope Pius XI in 1929.

In this case, it took only two days for Catholic cardinals to elect a successor to Pope Francis. ... ending with the election of Pius XI in 1922.

In the book “A Reporter at the Papal Court,” published in 1937, Thomas B. Morgan, then the head of The United Press bureau in Rome wrote that Pope Pius XI’s inauguration ceremony in 1922 had ...

Pope Pius XII was said to have chosen this name to align himself with the long line of previous Pope Pius popes, particularly Pius XI, under whom he had served.

Only 2 conclaves have lasted up to five days since 1900s. Throughout the 20th and 21st centuries, only two conclaves have lasted up to five days − Pope Pius XI's conclave in 1922 and Pope Pius X ...

Over the last 100 years, the longest conclave took 14 ballots, lasted five days and resulted in the election of Pope Pius XI in 1922.

In Lent 1937 Pope Pius XI issued the encyclical "Mit brennender Sorge" (With burning sorrow) with the help of German bishops and Cardinal Pacelli (later Pope Pius XII).

Throughout the 20th century, only two conclaves lasted up to five days − Pope Pius X's election in 1903 and Pope Pius XI's election in 1922.

Two other popes in modern history died just before the outbreak of major conflicts. Back in 1939, Pope Pius XI succumbed to a heart attack, marking the end of a pontificate that had run since 1922.