Pope Alexander VI divided the New World between Spain and Portugal.
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Pope Paul VI declared the prohibition of birth control.
Pope John Paul II was sent to hospital for 55 days after contracting an infection.
Pope Hilarius became the Bishop of Rome.
Native American Kateri Tekakwitha became the first native to become a saint.
Pope Celestine V resigned after just five months in the job to return to his life as an ascetic hermit.
