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United States president-elect Donald Trump is named Person of the Year by "Time" magazine.
2024-12-12

Pope Francis appoints Raffaella Petrini as the new secretary general of the Pontifical Commission for Vatican City State, becoming the highest-ranking woman in the Roman Curia and the first woman to ever hold the position.
2021-11-4

Núria Calduch becomes the first female Secretary of the Pontifical Biblical Commission named by Pope Francis.
2021-03-9

The "Silence Breakers", including those involved in the #MeToo movement, are named "Time" magazine's 2017 Time Person of the Year.
2017-12-6

Pope Francis arrives in the Central African Republic, the last stop of his six-day African tour, becoming the first modern pope to enter an active war zone as the country is in a state of civil war.
2015-11-29

Almost four years of renovations at St. Patrick’s Cathedral in New York City are nearly complete prior to Pope Francis' visit in September. Cardinal Timothy Dolan leads a brief tour of the cathedral.
2015-08-25

U.S. news magazine "Time" selects U.S. President Barack Obama as its 2012 Person of the Year, following on from his 2008 award, and those of his predecessors George W. Bush in 2000 and 2004, Bill Clinton in 1992 and 1998, George H. W. Bush in 1990, Ronald Reagan in 1980 and 1983, Jimmy Carter in 1976, Richard Nixon in 1971 and 1972 and Lyndon B. Johnson in 1964 and 1967.
2012-12-19

"Time" magazine editors announce their list of 38 contenders nominated as the 2012 Time Person of the Year, including Barack Obama, Mitt Romney, Sheldon Adelson, Malala Yousafzai, Sandra Fluke, Felix Baumgartner, Curiosity rover, Bashar Assad, Mohamed Morsi, Psy, Pussy Riot, Higgs boson, Michael Phelps, and others. The winner of the people's choice will be announced on 14 December.
2012-11-30

"Time" names "The Protester" the magazine's 2011 Person of the Year, as a result of the Arab Spring and subsequent movements.
2011-12-14