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| 1965 |
| | | Pope Paul VI and Patriarch Athenagoras preside over simultaneous ceremonies, in Rome and Istanbul, revoking the mutual excommunications of 1054 | |
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| 1967 |
| | | Pope Paul VI visits the Patriarch Athenagoras in Istanbul, shocking some Catholics that this visit has preceded one by the Patriarch to Rome | |
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| 1967 |
| | | Pope Paul VI and Patriarch Athenagoras issue a joint declaration, emphasizing mutual respect for each other's traditions | |
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| 1968 |
| | | Pope Paul VI issues the encyclical Humanae Vitae, condemning all methods of artificial birth control | |
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| 1970 |
| | | Polish composer Andrzej Panufnik's Universal Prayer, a cantata setting poetry by Alexander Pope, has its premiere in New York | |
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| 1978 |
| | | Italian cardinal Albino Luciani is elected pope and takes the name John Paul I | |
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| 1978 |
| | | Pope John Paul I dies, after a pontificate of only 33 days | |
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| 1978 |
| | | Polish cardinal Karol Wojtyla is elected pope and takes the name John Paul II | |
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| 1986 |
| | | Pope's Villa becomes St James Independent School for Boys. | |
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| 2005 |
| | | John Paul II, dying after 26 years on the papal throne, is the third longest-serving pope in history | |
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