The pope declared that the marriage was legal and could not be dissolved.

"I cannot be indifferent to this crisis," the Pope declared.

In a homily at the time, the future pope declared that men had a right to more than a job and a living wage.

In 1500, the pope declared the marriage to be illegal, and Beatrice was forced to pay the costs of the trial.

In his first farewell, the new pope declared Mexico a country "forever faithful."

Now, even under the modern church's more complicated rules, a pope can - in theory - still declare a saint immediately.

The construction having been begun at his order, the Pope declared the church to be the property of the papacy.

Thus the pope declared the election null and void, but still appointed John.

Pope declared bankruptcy in 1907 and abandoned the automobile industry in 1915.

They were cousins, and the Pope declared their union unlawful in the eyes of God.