* April 29 – Pope Pius IX publishes an allocution announcing his refusal to support Piedmont-Sardinia in its war with Austria and dispelling hopes that he might serve as ruler of a pan-Italian republic.

Pope Clement VIII then addressed to them an allocution, expressing his joy and promising the Ruthenians his support.

On October 29, 1951 in his ' allocution to midwives ', Pope Pius XII citing Pope Pius XI Encyclical Casti Connubii of December 31, 1930 delared "... that every attempt of either husband or wife in the performance of the conjugal act or in the development of its natural consequences which aims at depriving it of its inherent force and hinders the procreation of new life is immoral and that no ' índication ' of need can convert an act which is intrinsically immoral into a moral and lawful one.

In an allocution of 10 December 1837, Pope Gregory XVI praised the course of the Archbishop of Cologne and solemnly protested against the action of the government.

" In the field of apologetics, allocution is generally done in defense of a belief.

In this instance, allocution can serve to provide closure for victims or their families.

The term " allocution " is generally only in use in jurisdictions in the United States, though there are vaguely similar processes in other common law countries.

The right of victims to speak at sentencing is also sometimes referred to as allocution.

The term allocution differs from distribution as distribution implies that the original party loses some kind of control over the information.

In an adversarial system, there is no more controversy and the case proceeds to sentencing ; though in many jurisdictions the defendant must have allocution of her or his crime, a false confession will not be accepted even in common law courts.

Lindh's allocution went as follows: " I plead guilty ", he said.

The allocution, by which Pius is seen to withdraw his moral support for the Italian unification movement, is a key first step in the soon-to-be crushing reaction against the revolutions of 1848.

At his Accession Council on 12 December 1936, moreover, King George VI announced, in the allocution usually given by the monarch just before taking the oath relating to the security of the Church of Scotland, that he would create his brother Duke of Windsor, and that he wished him to be known as His Royal Highness the Duke of Windsor.

Although George VI's accession allocution had already declared that his first act was to create his elder brother Duke of Windsor, and that he willed his brother to be styled His Royal Highness ( HRH ) the Duke of Windsor, Letters Patent were issued in 1937 to formalise the creation of the Dukedom, and further Letters Patent were issued in May of that year to regulate the Duke's right to the attribute of Royal Highness – although the pretext of the Letters Patent was the confirmation of the style of Royal Highness upon the Duke, its actual purpose was to restrict the title to the Duke alone, so as to exclude any future wife from sharing in it.

Members of both the Soprano and Lupertazzi families were angered by his allocution, believing that John should have stood trial before admitting anything regarding La Cosa Nostra.

In his allocution of 1947, Pike's successor, Grand Commander John Henry Cowles, noted that some Masonic publications had used large extracts from the text, which practice he sought to curtail by adding the following words to the title page: ' Esoteric Book, for Scottish Rite use only ; to be Returned upon Withdrawal or Death of Recipient ' ( Transactions of the Supreme Council, 33 °, S. J.

The arrests of the culprits is not referenced in the novel, the end of which focuses on the despair of Amy Folliat, who does not appear to be facing legal charges, although that is never quite spelled out, in her allocution to Poirot.

In his allocution at sentencing, Squires noted, apologetically, that he had taken the improper payments because the company was promoting " Harvard MBA's " more rapidly than it was promoting him.

This event was triggered by a public allocution of Prof. Dr. Dr. Dr. Armand Thiéry, a professor in thomistic philosophy at the university, on student life at Germanic universities on January 21, 1896.

After an allocution by Charlemagne, the bishops drew up two memorials against the Adoptionists, one containing arguments from patristic writings ; the other arguments from Scripture.

Pope Pius 12, declared in 1951 that it is possible to be exempt from the normal obligation of parenthood for a long time and even for the whole duration of married life, if there are serious reasons, such as those often mentioned in the so-called medical, eugenic, economic and social `` indications ''.

In her letters to the Pope, she often referred to him affectionately as Papa (" Pope " in Italian ).

Pope John Paul II often spoke of his great desire that the Catholic Church " once again breathe with both lungs ", thus emphasizing that the Roman Catholic Church seeks to restore full communion with the separated Eastern churches.

The current Dalai Lama is often called " His Holiness " ( HH ) by Westerners ( by analogy with the Pope ), although this does not translate to a Tibetan title.

This often takes the form of a small crowned, wide brimmed hat called a galero with the colors and tassels denoting rank ; or, in the case of Papal arms until the inauguration of Pope Benedict XVI in 2005, an elaborate triple crown known as a tiara.

The heroic couplet is often identified with the English Baroque works of John Dryden and Alexander Pope.

In art, he is often represented as one of the four Latin doctors of the Church along with Augustine of Hippo, Ambrose, and Pope Gregory I.

" A hand-woven crown of thorns associated with the portrait is often said to have been made by the Pope but may have been woven by his wife Varina Davis.

In 1882 Pope Leo XIII had a Mass and an Office composed for his feast day, which he set at 14 April, the day after the day indicated as that of his death in the Martyrology of Florus ; but since this date quite often falls within the main Paschal celebrations, the feast was moved in 1968 to 1 June, the date on which he has been celebrated in the Byzantine Rite since at least the 9th century.

In Eastern Christianity, where the title " Pope " is used also of the Bishop of Alexandria, the Bishop of Rome is often referred to as the " Pope of Rome ", regardless of whether the speaker or writer is in communion with Rome or not.

Pope John Paul II often instructed Catholic priests and religious to always wear their distinctive ( clerical ) clothing, unless wearing it would result in persecution or grave verbal attacks.

Pope Pius XII often reconsidered previously accepted truth, thus he was first to determine that the use of pain medicine in terminally ill patients is justified, even if this may shorten the life of the patient, as long as life shortening is not the objective itself.

Pope John XXI, born Pedro Julião ( Latin, Petrus Iulianus ( c. 1215 – 20 May 1277 ), a Portuguese often identified with Pedro Hispano ( Latin, Petrus Hispanus ; English, Peter of Spain ), was Pope from 1276 until his death about eight months later.

Coffee aficionados often claim that the spread of its popularity is due to Pope Clement VIII's influence.

Born in Milan, Goffredo or Godfrey is often referred to as son of a sister of Pope Urban III, but this claim is without foundation.

Pope Sergius III ( c. 860 − 14 April 911 ) was a pope of the Catholic Church from 29 January 904 to 14 April 911, during a period of feudal violence and disorder in central Italy, when the Papacy was a pawn of warring aristocratic factions, often led by prominent women.

In various discussions before the Council actually convened, Pope John often said that it was time to open the windows of the Church to let in some fresh air.

Video art is often said to have begun when Nam June Paik used his new Sony Portapak to shoot footage of Pope Paul VI's procession through New York City in the autumn of 1965.

It has often been supposed that all the earliest Popes suffered martyrdom ; but the Roman Martyrology does not give Pope Soter the title of Martyr.

The name of Pius VI is associated with many and often unpopular attempts to revive the splendour of Pope Leo X ( 1513 – 21 ) in the promotion of art and public works ; the words Munificentia Pii VI.

Juliette shows off her learning to the Pope ( whom she most often addresses as " Braschi ") with a verbal catalogue of alleged immoralities committed by his predecessors.