UPI

On This Day: Pope Paul VI is first pontiff to visit U.S.

Oct. 4 (UPI) --On this date in history: In 1876, the Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas, now Texas A&M, opened. It was the first public higher education institution in Texas. In 1883, the ...
U.S. News & World Report

Factbox-From Paul VI to Leo XIV: A History of the Pope's Overseas Tours

Factbox-From Paul VI to Leo XIV: A History of the Pope's Overseas Tours By Joshua McElwee VATICAN CITY (Reuters) -Pope Leo will embark on his first trip outside Italy on Thursday, travelling to Turkey ...
Aleteia

Where popes have gone first: Destinations are meaningful

When Paul VI took the first papal airplane trip in 1964, he went to the most significant place possible. But his successors' first trips were also revealing. Pope Paul VI inaugurated apostolic trips ...
Aleteia

Did you know St. Paul VI wrote an encyclical about the month of May?

The month of May was close to St. Paul VI's heart, and he dedicated an entire encyclical to its devotions and praise for the Blessed Mother. Typically when we think of a papal encyclical, we might ...
Al-Monitor

Factbox-From Paul VI to Leo XIV: A history of the pope's overseas tours

VATICAN CITY (Reuters) -Pope Leo will embark on his first trip outside Italy on Thursday, travelling to Turkey and Lebanon. Here is a history of papal foreign visits, which have become a major part of ...