Popes
This is the current pope.
Who is Pope Leo XIV?
This is the most recent ecumenical (universal) council convoked by the Church.
What is Vatican II?
Our Patroness, St. Theresa, was born here.
What is Lisieux?
The title given to the one where Mary appeared to St. Juan Diego near Mexico City in 1531.
What is Our Lady of Guadalupe?
This is the last city Sts. Peter and Paul went to preach, at which point they were martyred.
What is Rome?
This was the first pope.
Who is Saint Peter?
This was the first council, called in 325 A.D. They addressed Christ's Divinity, as well as setting a universal date for Easter.
What is the Council of Nicaea?
He is Jesus's cousin, and "he came as a witness to testify concerning that light, so that through him all might believe."
Who is St. John the Baptist?
The name of the one where she appeared to three children in Portugal, and the sign was "the miracle of the sun"
What is Our Lady of Fatima?
This is where St. James the Greater was traditionally held to have preached.
What is Spain?
This was the most recent pope to be canonized as a saint.
Who is Pope St. John Paul II?
This is the second council convoked by the church, which expanded upon the theology developed at the first council of Nicaea. (The full name of the Creed we pray in mass includes this council's name.)
What is the first council of Constantinople?
(It's called the Niceno-Constantinopolitan creed)
He is the patron saint of the cathedral of the archdiocese of Seattle.
Who is St. James the apostle?
The title of the one where she says "I am the Immaculate Conception", and leaves behind a spring that has miraculously healed 70 people of incurable diseases, the last of which was in 2018.
What is Our Lady of Lourdes?
This is where St. John the Evangelist was when he received the visions in the book of Revelations.
What is exile in Greece? (Specifically, the island of Patmos.)
His name before being named pope was Joseph Ratzinger, a brilliant theologian.
Who is Pope Benedict XVI?
This council was convoked to seek reunification with the Eastern Orthodox and Oriental Orthodox churches.
What is the council of Florence?
He was the first Christian to be martyred for the faith, as recorded by the Acts of the Apostles.
Who is St. Stephen (the protomartyr)?
This is the oldest apparition, in A.D. 40 in Zaragoza, Spain to St. James the Apostle. The church, which was built to honor the message given in the apparition, still stands to this day.
What is Our Lady of the Pillar?
This is where St. Thomas is said to have preached, up until his martyrdom.
What is India?
This was the first pope to have the title "The Great" appended to his name.
Who is Pope St. Leo the Great?
This council sought to address the erroneous theologies promoted by the Protestant reformation.
This is the name of the good thief on the cross.
Who is St. Dismas?
This apparition to St. Catherine in France resulted in the devotion to a particular medal.
What is Our Lady of the Miraculous Medal?
This is where St. Matthew the Evangelist is said to have been martyred.
What is Ethiopia?