Pope Innocent III espoused the cause of Ingeborg ; but Philip did not submit until 1200, when, nine months after interdict had been added to excommunication, he consented to a separation from Agnes.

On his return to Germany, he exercised very little further control in Italy for the rest of his life, although his agents in Rome did not prevent the accession of Pope Stephen VI in 896.

Subsequently the French Celestines, with the consent of the Italian superiors of the order, and of Pope Martin V in 1427, obtained the privilege of making new constitutions for themselves, which they did in the 17th century in a series of regulations accepted by the provincial chapter in 1667.

Bishop Christian asked the new Pope Honorius III for the consent to start another Crusade, however a first campaign in 1217 proved a failure and even the joint efforts by Duke Konrad with the Polish High Duke Leszek I the White and Duke Henry I the Bearded of Silesia in 122 / 23 only led to the reconquest of Chełmno Land but did not stop the Prussian invasions.

In medieval Europe, churches became incorporated, as did local governments, such as the Pope and the City of London Corporation.

Pope John Paul II on October 2, 2000 emphasized that this document did not say that non-Christians were actively denied salvation: "... this confession does not deny salvation to non-Christians, but points to its ultimate source in Christ, in whom man and God are united ".

Phillip Augustus wrote to Pope Innocent in strong terms to point this out — but the Pope did not change his policy — and many of those who went to the Midi were aware that the Pope had been equivocal over the siege of Zara and the seizure and looting of Constantinople.

Simon de Montfort was granted the Trencavel lands by the Pope and did homage for them to the King of France, thus incurring the enmity of Peter of Aragon who had held aloof from the conflict, even acting as a mediator at the time of the siege of Carcassonne.

In 1219 Pope Honorius III invited Saint Dominic and his companions to taken up residence at the ancient Roman basilica of Santa Sabina, which they did by early 1220.

Pope Eugenius III did not, as Eleanor had hoped, grant an annulment ; instead, he attempted to reconcile Eleanor and Louis, confirming the legality of their marriage, and proclaiming that no word could be spoken against it, and that it might not be dissolved under any pretext.

Nevertheless, Macdonald later regretted leaving school when he did, remarking to his private secretary Joseph Pope that if he had attended university, he might have embarked on a literary career.

According to Bede, Justus received letters of encouragement from Pope Boniface V ( 619 – 625 ), as did Mellitus, although Bede does not record the actual letters.

Its residents include those angels who did not fight at all in the war that resulted in the expulsion of Lucifer from Heaven and also either Pope Celestine V or Pontius Pilate ( the text is ambiguous ).

Generally, Lollards did not believe any particular Pope was the antichrist.

The Northwest Passage represented a new route to the established trading nations of Asia, as in 1493 to defuse trade disputes, Pope Alexander VI split the discovered world in two between Spain and Portugal ; thus France, the Netherlands, and England were left without a sea route to Asia, either via Africa or South America, unless their ships defied the ban and explored such waters regardless ( they did, and the ban became unenforceable ).

Pope Pius VII was present at the coronation of Napoleon I in 1804, but did not actually perform the crowning.

His family worked as sharecroppers as did most of the people of Sotto il Monte – a striking contrast to that of his predecessor, Eugenio Pacelli ( Pope Pius XII ), who came from an ancient aristocratic family, long connected to the Papacy.

Though his absence from the 1958 conclave did not make him ineligible – under Canon Law any Catholic male may be elected – the College of Cardinals usually chose the new Pope from among themselves.

Although Pope John did have a diary, there is no evidence in it to suggest that he received apocalyptic visions of the future.

Historians Passelecq and Suchecky have argued that Pacelli learned about its existence only after the death of Pius XI and did not promulgate it as Pope.

Yet, Maglione did not exercise the influence of his predecessor Pacelli, who as Pope continued his close relation with Monsignors Montini ( later Pope Paul VI ) and Domenico Tardini.

Pope Damasus I either was not invited or declined to attend, so this council is sometimes called the " unecumenical " council.

Brian Harrison of Puerto Rico, for example, has argued that Pope Pius XII's conclave legislation permitted excommunicated cardinals to attend, from which he argues that they could also be legitimately elected.

Opponents of Harrison have argued that a phrase in Pope Pius XII's legislation " Cardinals who have been deposed or who have resigned, however, are barred and may not be reinstated even for the purpose of voting ", though it speaks of someone deposed or resigned from the cardinalate, not of someone who may have incurred automatic excommunication but has not been officially declared excommunicated, means that, even if someone is permitted to attend, that does not automatically translate into electability.

* 1278 – An edict by Pope Nicholas III requires all Jews to attend conversion sermons.

* An edict by Pope Nicholas III requires all Jews to attend conversion sermons.

Patriarch Amalric and Patriarch of Antioch Aimery of Limoges were unable to attend, and William and the other bishops did not have sufficient weight to persuade Pope Alexander III of the need for a new crusade.

* Pope Julius I tries to unite the Western bishops against Arianism by convoking the Council of Sardica ( later Sofia ), which acknowledges the pope's supreme authority and grants him the right to judge cases involving the legal possession of episcopal sees, but only Western and Egyptian bishops attend, and Arianism remains strong.

Pope Vigilius was also invited ; but even though he was at this period resident in Constantinople ( to avoid the perils of life in Italy, convulsed by the war against the Ostrogoths ), he declined to attend, and even issued a document forbidding the council from preceding without him ( his ' First Constitutum ').

In 1433 James in response to a summons by Pope Eugenius IV appointed two bishops, two abbots and four digantories to attend the council.

Pasolini had accepted Pope John XXIII ’ s invitation for a new dialogue with non-Catholic artists, and subsequently visited the town of Assisi to attend a seminar at a Franciscan monastery there.

The envoys of the Roman Pope attend Alexander Nevsky

In the Philippines, this custom lasts for nine days, starting on December 16 and continuing daily up to December 24, during which Filipinos attend dawn Masses, usually starting at around 4: 00 – 5: 00 am In 2009 Vatican officials scheduled the Midnight Mass to start at 10 pm so the 82 year old Pope Benedict XVI would not have too late a night.

Pope Sylvester I, himself too aged to attend, sent two priests as his delegates.

One of those three, Joseph Ratzinger, was elected Pope in the resulting conclave and took the name Benedict XVI, another one ( Jaime Sin ) did not attend that conclave for health reasons and died shortly afterwards, and the third, William Wakefield Baum, turned 80 on 21 November 2006.

A small attempt made against it by a Governor of Milan who had obtained a permission from the Pope to have the Roman Mass said in any church which he might happen to attend, was defeated by St. Charles, and his own revisions were intended to do little more than was inevitable in a living rite.

He summoned the parties to see him at Rome, but they were unable to attend, forcing John to send some papal legates to settle the matter, which were only resolved by Pope Leo VI after John ’ s deposition and death.

In a further highly significant gesture, Pope Benedict XVI invited three CPCA-appointed bishops, together along with one " underground " bishop, to the October 2005 assembly of the Synod of Bishops as full members, not as " fraternal delegates ", the term used for representatives of non-Catholic churches invited to attend.

Geoffrey had managed to secure a postponement of his case at Rome until 1 November, but was still unable to attend, which led Pope Celestine to order that Geoffrey's suspension should be performed by Hugh of Lincoln.

Dougherty's voyage to Rome to attend the papal conclave of 1922 was delayed by weather, and he arrived after Pope Pius XI had already been elected.

Pope Zachary, sent a letter to Boniface in 747 calling for a new council where both Boniface and Adalbert should attend, and that if the council found Adalert to be a heretic, that Adalbert should then be sent to him so that he could personally judge the case.

She was invited to an international women's conference in Geneva, and planned to give a talk on women priests, until the Pope forbade all Catholic women to attend if she did, forcing her to give a speech on another subject.

On 4 April, it was announced that the wedding would be postponed 24 hours until 9 April, so that the Prince of Wales could attend the funeral of Pope John Paul II as the representative of the Queen.

Although it was announced that he would attend the funeral of Pope John Paul II, he stayed home on the advice of his doctors.

Sikh leaders chose not to attend an 17 April 2008 interfaith meeting with Pope Benedict XVI at the Pope John Paul II Cultural Center in Washington, DC rather than remove the kirpan.