History:

• Sergius III comes out of retirement to take over the papacy from the deposed antipope Christopher (904)
• Diocese of Lake Charles, Louisiana erected (1980)

Notable:

• Pope Benedict XVI is scheduled to lead the praying of the Angelus at noon.
• Catholic Schools Week

Deaths:

• Pope Gelasius II (1119)

History:

• Bloody Sunday: United Kingdom British Paratroopers kill fourteen Roman Catholic marchers in Northern Ireland (1972)

Notable:

• Catholic Schools Week

Births:

• Cardinal Re, prefect emeritus of the Congregation for Bishops (1934)

Notable:

• Catholic Schools Week

Births:

• Cardinal Mejia, archivist emeritus of the Vatican Secret Archives (1923)

Notable:

• Pope Benedict XVI is scheduled to lead his weekly General Audience this morning.
• Catholic Schools Week

Births:

• Cardinal Backis of Vilnius, Lithuania (1937)
• Bishop Coleman of Fall River, Mass (1939)
• Cardinal Nycz of Warsaw (1950)

Deaths:

• Pope Alexander VIII (1691)

History:

• Callistus II becomes pope (1119)

Notable:

• Today is the World Day for Consecrated Life. In the United States, this commemoration is transferred to this Sunday.
• Catholic Schools Week

Births:

• Cardinal Obando Bravo, emeritus of Managua, Nicaragua (1926)

Notable:

• Catholic Schools Week

Births:

• Bishop Foley, emeritus of Birmingham (1930)
• Archbishop Veglio, president of the Pont. Council of Migrants and Itinerant Peoples (1938)
• Archbishop Calcagno, president of the Patrimony of the Apostolic See (1943)

History:

• Codex Sinaiticus is discovered in Egypt (1859)

Notable:

• Catholic Schools Week

Deaths:

• Pope Sisinnius (708)
• Rabanus Maurus (856)
• Saint Cyril (869)