Juan María Fernández y Krohn tried to assassinate Pope John Paul II with a bayonet.
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Pope Gregory XII was appointed head of the Catholic Church by a conclave of 15 cardinals in Rome.
Pope Paul VI canonized Elizabeth Anne Seton as the first American saint.
Pope Innocent I was elected.
Pope John Paul II becomes the first pontiff to visit a communist country.
Pope Paul VI declared the prohibition of birth control.
