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1988
 
  
Nine Roman Catholic cardinals attend the 1000th anniversary celebrations of the Russian people being brought into the Orthodox faith     
1992
 
  
Fighting intensifies between Serbs and Croats, Christians and Muslims, for territory within Bosnia-Herzegovina     
1994
 
    
In his apostolic letter Ordinatio sacerdotalis John Paul II forbids even any discussion of the ordination of women       
2005
 
   
John Paul II, dying after 26 years on the papal throne, is the third longest-serving pope in history      
2005
 
    
Patriarch Christodoulos attends the funeral in Rome of Pope John Paul II       
2005
 
   
Joseph Ratzinger is elected pope and takes the name Benedict XVI      
2006
 
    
Patriarch Christodoulos has talks with Pope Benedict XVI, in the first official visit to the Vatican by the head of the Greek Orthodox church