Popes who have served the Catholic Church for the past 100 years: Champions of truth, faith and love

Pope Francis, 88, was precocious diagnosed with bilateral pneumonia, and arsenic acrophobic Catholics astir the satellite commune for the Holy Father, the Vatican revealed past week that helium volition stay hospitalized for treatment.

The popes of the past 100 years person seen their just stock of governmental divides and controversy, from pontiffs breaking centuries-old practices to backlash implicit the Vatican's effect to Hilter's authorities to the teachings of God's emotion and grace and traveling the satellite to scope the sick and lonely; 

Pope Benedict XVI (2005-2013)

Before Pope Francis was elected by the College of Cardinals successful 2013, Pope Benedict XVI, calved Joseph Ratzinger, led the Catholic Church from 2005-2013.

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Pope John Paul II, Pope Francis and Pope Benedict XVI (Getty Images)

Ratzinger was calved successful Bavaria, Germany. Upon witnessing horrific acts during the Nazi regime, helium desired to perpetrate to the religion astatine a young age. Ratzinger and his household experienced maltreatment and punishment astatine the hands of the Nazi Party. Despite his resolute disdain for the regime, astatine 14 years aged helium was required by instrumentality to articulation the Hitler Youth, a paramilitary organization.

During his enrollment successful the seminary, Ratzinger was drafted into World War II, putting his theological teachings connected hold. He was captured and held arsenic a captive of warfare by Americans for respective months. Upon his release, helium near the subject and was ordained successful 1951 alongside his brother.

Ratzinger was elected pope successful 2005 and, during his papacy helium preached a connection of God's eternal love, encouraged Catholics to stay faithful to God, and implored the beingness of love, joyousness and information successful life.

Citing wellness concerns, Benedict, successful 2013, was the archetypal pontiff to resign the papacy successful 600 years.

He died astatine 95 years aged successful 2022.

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Pope Francis met erstwhile Pope Benedict XVI to speech Christmas greetings successful 2013, the twelvemonth Benedict XVI resigned arsenic pope. (Maurix/Gamma-Rapho via Getty Images))

Pope John Paul II (1978-2005)

Pope John Paul II, calved Karol Wojtyła, was elected pope connected Oct. 16, 1978. He was the archetypal Polish pontiff.

Wojtyła took the regnal sanction aft his predecessor, Pope John Paul I, who passed distant lone a period into his reign arsenic the sovereign of Vatican City.

Wojtyła's predetermination by the College of Cardinals marked the archetypal clip a non-Italian would service arsenic pope successful implicit 400 years. At 58 years old, Wojtyła was 1 of the youngest popes successful history.

Wojtyla studied theology successful Rome and served arsenic the archbishop of Krakow. Through his 26-year pontificate, John Paul II traveled to 129 countries, becoming the astir traveled pope successful history.

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Pope John Paul II was the archetypal Polish pope successful history. (Chuck Fishman/Getty Images)

During his papacy, John Paul II preached service, the work for bid and the extortion of life. In 1981, a lone gunman, Mehmet Ali Ağca, attempted to assassinate the pope successful St. Peter's Square successful Vatican City. He was struck doubly portion riding successful an unfastened car and earnestly wounded. He was rushed to Gemelli Hospital successful Rome and treated for his injuries.

John Paul II aboriginal visited Ağca successful situation and forgave the shooter successful person.

In 2005, John Paul died successful his flat successful the Vatican astatine 84 years old. He was canonized arsenic a saint successful 2014.

Pope John Paul I (1978-1978)

Pope John Paul I, calved Albino Luciani, was elected arsenic pope connected Aug. 26, 1978. His reign arsenic the sovereign of Vatican City was brief, arsenic helium died 33 days later.

He was ordained successful 1935, appointed bishop successful 1958 and created archbishop of Venice successful 1969. He is often referred to arsenic "the Smiling Pope."

Pope Paul VI (1963-1978)

Pope Paul VI was calved Giovanni Battista Montini successful Brescia, Italy. He was elected arsenic pontiff successful 1963 aft being appointed archbishop of Milan.

During his papacy, Montini concluded 3 sessions of the Second Vatican Council, a important renewal of the Catholic Church. The authoritative documents marked a milestone successful the religion and condemned antisemitism. 

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Pope John Paul II was changeable astatine by Mehmet Ali Ağca successful 1981. He visited his would-be assassin successful Rebibbia Jail, Rome. (Getty Images)

Montini traveled to the Holy Land successful the Middle East, India, Uganda, the Philippines and parts of the United States during his reign.

In 2018, Pope Paul VI was canonized arsenic a saint. He was recognized arsenic a beardown leader, and his efforts to physique stronger bonds among different religions are cited arsenic conscionable 1 of the reasons for his canonization.

Pope Paul VI died successful 1978 astatine 80 years old.

Pope John XXIII (1958-1963)

Pope John XXIII, calved Angelo Giuseppe Roncalli, was calved into a household of 13 children successful Sotto il Monte, Italy.

In 1892, Roncalli entered the seminary. He was ordained successful 1904, and was named a cardinal and the patriarch of Venice successful 1953.

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Funerals of past popes instrumentality spot astatine Vatican City's St. Peter's, wherever galore are interred. (AP)

As pontiff, Roncalli convened the Second Vatican Council, which modernized the Catholic Church by renewing liturgy and theology and processing amended relationships with different religions.

Pope John XXIII died of crab successful 1963 and was canonized arsenic a saint on with John Paul II successful 2014.

Pope Pius XII (1939-1958)

Pope Pius XII, calved Eugenio Pacelli, was an Italian cardinal earlier being elected pope connected his 63rd day successful 1939.

Pope Pius XI named Pacelli a cardinal aft a one-day conclave among the College of Cardinals successful 1929.

Pacelli was pope during World War II and done the Holocaust. Correspondence from Vatican archives shows Pacelli received connection of the atrocities happening against Jewish radical successful Germany, and helium often received pleas to assistance Jews.

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Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI died astatine 95 years old. His ceremonial took spot successful St. Peter's Square and astir 50,000 radical were successful attendance. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)

Pope Pius XII has been intensely criticized for what has been called his deficiency of enactment for Jews during World War II, but the Vatican has remained steadfast successful his defense.

Pius XII died successful 1958 astatine 82 years old.

Pope Pius XI (1922-1939)

Pope Pius XI, calved Ambrogio Damiano Achille Ratti, was ordained a clergyman successful 1879. He was named a cardinal and archbishop of Milan successful 1921 by Pope Benedict XV and elected pope successful 1922.

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Benito Mussolini, the Italian dictator, came to powerfulness successful 1922. The Lateran Treaty signed by Mussolini and the papacy acknowledged papal sovereignty implicit the Vatican City, making the authorities a neutral territory and the pope politically independent.

Pius XI died successful 1939 astatine 81 years old.