next papal election

    Lightning struck the cupola of St. Peter's Basilica 12 years ago today, at about 6 p.m. on the evening of February 11, 2013, about seven hours after Pope Benedict XVI announced to his assembled cardinals that he would resign the papacy on February 28, 2013     Pope Celestine V (c. 1215-19 May 1296). Born Pietro Angelerio di [...]