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.

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 ...

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.

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.

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.

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 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 ...

How long does it take to choose a pope? In this case, only two days. ... ending with the election of Pius XI in 1922. The shortest was the conclave that elected Pius XII in 1939, ...

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