A picture of Pope John Paul II was torn up by the Irish singer Sinead O’Connor on Saturday Night Live.
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Argentina canonized its first female saint, Saint María Antonia de Paz y Figueroa.
Pope Paul VI canonized Elizabeth Anne Seton as the first American saint.
Pope Paul VI declared the prohibition of birth control.
Pope Clement VI issued two papal bulls stating that Jews were not to blame for the Black Death.
Pope John Paul IV visited New York, becoming the first Pope to visit the Western Hemisphere.
