Catholic Church

===21st century===
[[Pope Benedict XVI]], elected in 2005, was known for upholding traditional [[Christian values]] against [[secularization]],<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.deseretnews.com/article/1,5143,635185276,00.html |title=Benedict's encyclical offers hope for world |work=Deseret News |first=Jerry Earl |last=Johnston |date=18 February 2006 |access-date=12 September 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402092429/http://www.deseretnews.com/article/1%2C5143%2C635185276%2C00.html |archive-date=2 April 2015}} [https://web.archive.org/web/20120307235713/http://www.deseretnews.com/article/635185276/Benedicts-encyclical-offers-hope-for-world.html WebCitation archive]</ref> and for increasing use of the [[Tridentine Mass]] as found in the [[Roman Missal]] of 1962, which he titled the "Extraordinary Form".<ref>Gledhill, Ruth [http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/europe/article667813.ece "Pope set to bring back Latin Mass that divided the Church"] ''The Times'' 11 October 2006. Retrieved 21 November 2010 [https://web.archive.org/web/20110805040153/http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/europe/article667813.ece WebCitation archive]</ref> Citing the frailties of advanced age, Benedict [[Resignation of Pope Benedict XVI|resigned]] in 2013, becoming the first pope to do so in nearly 600 years.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.cnn.com/2013/02/12/world/europe/pope-benedict-resignation/ |first1=Laura |last1=Smith-Spark |first2=Hada |last2=Messia |title=Pope's resignation was not forced by health issues, spokesman says |work=CNN |date=13 February 2013 |access-date=30 March 2015 |archive-date=2 April 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402233151/http://www.cnn.com/2013/02/12/world/europe/pope-benedict-resignation/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Pope Francis, the current pope of the Catholic Church, became in 2013 the first pope from the Americas, the first from the [[Southern Hemisphere]], and the first Pope from outside Europe since the eighth-century [[Pope Gregory III|Gregory III]].<ref>{{Cite web|last=Donadio|first=Rachel|date=27 October 2019|title=Pope Francis, the Revolutionary, Takes On the Traditionalists|url=https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2019/10/pope-francis-revolutionary-culture-war/600877/|access-date=19 June 2021|website=The Atlantic|language=en|archive-date=28 July 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210728034227/https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2019/10/pope-francis-revolutionary-culture-war/600877/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Ambrosino|first=Brandon|date=13 July 2018|title=Everything you need to know about Pope Francis|url=https://www.vox.com/2018/7/13/17570124/who-is-pope-francis|access-date=19 June 2021|website=Vox|language=en|archive-date=24 June 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210624203402/https://www.vox.com/2018/7/13/17570124/who-is-pope-francis|url-status=live}}</ref> Francis has made efforts to further close Catholicism's estrangement with the [[Eastern Orthodox Church|Orthodox Churches]].<ref name="orthodox">Ritter, Karl, [http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/03/15/pope-francis-jews_n_2883560.html "Pope Francis reaches out to Jews"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160215230923/http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/03/15/pope-francis-jews_n_2883560.html |date=15 February 2016 }}, huffingtonpost.com, 16 March 2013. Retrieved 16 March 2013.</ref> His installation was attended by [[Patriarch Bartholomew I of Constantinople]] of the [[Eastern Orthodox Church]],<ref name="patriarch">Demacopoulos, George E., [http://www.archons.org/news/detail.asp?id=619 "The extraordinary historical significance of His Holiness' presence at Pope Francis' installation as Bishop of Rome"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171018142627/http://www.archons.org/news/detail.asp?id=619 |date=18 October 2017 }}, Archon News (Order of St. Andrew the Apostle), 19 March 2013. Retrieved 19 March 2013.</ref> the first time since the [[East–West Schism|Great Schism]] of 1054 that the Eastern Orthodox [[Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople]] has attended a papal installation,<ref>{{cite news|title=Our Eastern Brothers|first=Alton J.|last=Pelowski|journal=Columbia|date=May 2013|pages=20–23|url=http://www.kofc.org/un/en/columbia/detail/2013_05_eastern.html|access-date=17 March 2017|archive-date=25 May 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170525144237/http://www.kofc.org/un/en/columbia/detail/2013_05_eastern.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> while he also met [[Patriarch Kirill of Moscow]], head of the largest Eastern Orthodox church, in 2016; this was reported as the first such high-level meeting between the two churches since the [[East–West Schism|Great Schism]] of 1054.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-35565085|title=Unity call as Pope Francis holds historic talks with Russian Orthodox Patriarch|publisher=BBC|date=12 February 2016|access-date=13 February 2016|archive-date=12 February 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160212224729/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-35565085|url-status=live}}</ref> In 2017 during a visit in [[Egypt]], Pope Francis reestablished mutual recognition of baptism with the [[Coptic Orthodox Church]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.thetrumpet.com/15756-catholics-and-copts-seek-shared-baptism|title=Catholics and Copts Recognise Shared Baptism|work=The Philadelphia Trumpet|date=3 May 2017|last1=Miille|first1=Andrew|access-date=22 May 2017|archive-date=25 May 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170525143547/https://www.thetrumpet.com/15756-catholics-and-copts-seek-shared-baptism|url-status=live}}</ref>