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: "Someone tried, in 1981, to take the life of Ronald Reagan. Two months later, someone even took a pop at the Pope in St Peters Square." ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Assassin's Story (short story)|The Assassin's Story]]'') | : "Someone tried, in 1981, to take the life of Ronald Reagan. Two months later, someone even took a pop at the Pope in St Peters Square." ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Assassin's Story (short story)|The Assassin's Story]]'') | ||
: "She recognised Prince Charles, Ronald Reagan, Margaret Thatcher, Pope John Paul, the Queen …" ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Nothing O'Clock (short story)|Nothing O'Clock]]'') | : "She recognised Prince Charles, Ronald Reagan, Margaret Thatcher, Pope John Paul, the Queen …" ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Nothing O'Clock (short story)|Nothing O'Clock]]'') | ||
* [[2097]]: Pope ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Gallifrey Chronicles (novel)|The Gallifrey Chronicles]]'') | |||
* [[2005]]: Pope | |||
: "The new pope hadn’t made a public appearance yet, but the Vatican was insisting he was well and hadn’t been taken when the swarm hit St Peter’s Square." ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Gallifrey Chronicles (novel)|The Gallifrey Chronicles]]'') | |||
* [[2097]]: Pope | |||
: ‘It’s 2097, Fitz. When in Rome. . . This is a crucial point in Earth’s relations with alien species. The very first papal visit to Mars. The pope is going to consecrate the first cathedral here, and anoint the first native Martian archbishops, and if she’s ext –’ ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Gallifrey Chronicles (novel)|The Gallifrey Chronicles]]'') | |||
* [[Felix VIII]] | |||
: 'I once had the pleasure of meeting Pope Felix VIII,' Valeriani was telling me, 'at a presidential reception, when I was last on Earth. He was before your time, of course — a great statesman, though. | |||
: It is clear that Valeriani understands people all too well. If he is (as his reference to Pope Felix was obviously intended to suggest) more than a hundred years old ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Predating the Predators (short story)|Predating the Predators]]'') | |||
* [[27th century|26XX]]: [[Imogen Tantry|Beatrix II]], 314th Pope | * [[27th century|26XX]]: [[Imogen Tantry|Beatrix II]], 314th Pope | ||
: BEATRIX II, the 314th Pope of the original Roman Catholic Church and a significant figure in resurrected ecclesiastical politics, has been sanctioned by the Conclave of All Popes for her alleged connections with the Sons of Tepes crime cartel. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[A Hundred Words from a Civil War (short story)|A Hundred Words from a Civil War]]'') | |||
* [[28th century|27XX]]: [[John Paul XXIII]] | * [[28th century|27XX]]: [[John Paul XXIII]] |