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2013 Event - Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI returns to live in Vatican City the Mater Ecclesiae two months after resigning as Pope

2013 Event - In Vatican City, Italy, Pope Francis delivers his first message at the Vatican, telling journalists wants "a poor Church, for the poor"

2013 Event - At Vatican City, Pope Benedict XVI delivers his farewell address

2012 Event - At St. Peter's Square in Vatican City, Rome, Pope Benedict XVI delivers the annual Christmas Message and holds traditional Mass at St. Peters Basilica

2012 Event - Pope Benedict XVI adds Arabic to the number of languages broadcasting the weekly Vatican address

2012 Event - Pope Benedict XVI's former butler receives orders from the Vatican to stand trial for his alleged involvement in leading allegations of corruption in the Holy See

2012 Event - The Vatican confirms that Pope Benedict XVI's butler was arrested for allegedly leading confidential documents

2011 Event - The annual Christmas message is delivered by Pope Benedict XVI in St. Peter's Square, Vatican City

2011 Event - Pope Benedict XVI announces the launch of a new Vatican website, news.va; he also performs the first tweet ever made by a pope

2011 Event - Pope Benedict XVI performs Easter Mass at St. Peter's Square in Vatican City; he calls for dialogue and diplomacy to end Libya's unrest

2010 Event - The Vatican approves of Australian Mary MacKillop as their first saint for canonization

2006 Death - Eileen Caddy, new age author, spiritual teacher, founded Findhorn Foundation commune, an international New Age community, dubbed 'Vatican of the New Age', today home to 400 residents from more than 40 countries, dies at age 89 in Findhorn, Scotland

1997 Event - 1st time a Channukah candle is officially lit in Vatican City

1995 Death - P C J van Lierde, Dutch vicar-general of Vatican (1951-91), dies at 87

1993 Event - Vatican recognizes Israel

1993 Event - Mafia bombs historical buildings in Rome/Milan/Vatican City, 5 killed

1992 Death - Marc Tannenbaum, rabbi (only Jew to attend Vatican II), dies at 66

1989 Event - Panama's dictator, Manual Noriega seeks asylum at Vatican embassy

1989 Event - U.S.S.R. President Mikhail Gorbachev meets Pope John Paul II at the Vatican

1987 Event - Vatican formal opposition to test-tube fertilization and embryo transfer

1984 Event - Revised concordat between Italy and Vatican signed

1984 Event - U.S. establishes full diplomatic relations with Vatican after 117 years

1973 Event - Pope Paul VI has an audience with Golda Meir at Vatican

1968 Event - Vatican City's Apostolic Constitution of 1967 goes into effect

1965 Event - Pope Paul VI signs 2nd Vatican council

1965 Event - 4th meeting of 2nd Vatican council opened

1964 Event - Vatican abolished Latin as official language of Roman Catholic liturgy

1964 Event - Pope Paul VI signs 3rd sitting of 2nd Vatican council

1964 Event - 3rd sitting of 2nd Vatican council opens in Rome

1963 Event - Pope Paul VI closes 2nd session of 2nd Vatican Council

1963 Event - 2nd session of Ecumenical council, 'Vatican II,' opens in Rome

1963 Event - Pope Paul opens 2nd sitting of 2nd Vatican council

1962 Event - 2nd Vatican Council (21st ecumenical) convened by Pope John XXIII

1959 Event - Vatican edict forbids Roman Catholics for voting for communists

1959 Event - Pope John XXIII proclaims 2nd Vatican council

1957 Event - Vatican Radio begins broadcasting

1953 Event - Vatican disallows priest holiday work in factory

1944 Event - Dutch begin diplomatic contact with Vatican in London

1943 Event - Vatican bombed

1943 Event - German troops occupied Rome and took over the protection of Vatican City

1939 Event - Pope Pius XII crowned in Vatican ceremonies

1938 Event - Vatican recognizes Franco-Spain

1934 Event - Austria signs pact with Vatican

1934 Death - Franz Ehrle, German jesuit/head of Vatican library, dies at 88

1933 Event - Vatican state secretary Pacelli (Pius XII) signs accord with Hitler

1930 Event - Vatican approves rhythm method for birth control

1929 Event - Romania and Vatican sign concord

1929 Event - Mexico and Vatican sign Concord

1929 Event - Prussia and Vatican sign Concord

1929 Event - Vatican City becomes a sovereign state

1929 Event - Vatican City, world's smallest country, made an enclave of Rome

1926 Event - Vatican puts French fascist Charles Maurras' work on the index

1924 Event - Bayern and Vatican reach accord

1922 Event - Mussolini ask Vatican for support of fascist party program

1922 Event - Latvia and Vatican sign accord

1917 Birthday - Eileen Caddy, born in Alexandria, Egypt, new age author, spiritual teacher, founded Findhorn Foundation commune, an international New Age community, dubbed 'Vatican of the New Age', today home to 400 residents from more than 40 countries

1914 Event - Vatican puts Belgian Nobel winner Maeterlinck's works in their index

1911 Birthday - Diego Fabbri, Italian, playwright/leader, Vatican movie bureau

1903 Birthday - Clare Boothe Luce, U.S. ambassador, to Vatican

1869 Event - 20th Roman Catholic ecumenical council, Vatican I, opens in Rome

1860 Birthday - Willem H Nolens, priest/Dutch ambassador to Vatican

1845 Birthday - Franz Ehrle, German prefect of Vatican library

1633 Event - Galileo Galilei forced to recant Earth orbits Sun by Pope (but on Oct 31, 1992, Vatican admits it was wrong)

1600 Event - Vatican convicts scholar Giordano Bruno to death

1593 Event - Vatican opens 7 year trial against scholar Giordano Bruno

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