Leo XIII filmed by American Mutoscope and Biography Company from the Web site: www.thispublicaddress.com/depression/timeline.html
by Anura Guruge
1/ First pope to appear on film: Leo XIII (#257), [1878 - 1903] in 1896.
2/ First pope to make a radio broadcast: Pius XI (#260), [1922 - 1939] c. 1931.
3/ First pope to have a ‘full-length’ movie made about him: Pius XII (#261), [1939 - 1958], in 1942 the movie called ‘Pastor Angelus‘ (angelic shepard) per the Malachy prophecy for that papacy.
4/ First pope to speak on TV: Pius XII (#261), [1939 - 1958].
5/ TV cameras first allowed into the Vatican: 1961 to film a day in the life of John XXIII (#262).
6/ First pope to fly in an airplane (when pope): Paul VI (#263), [1963 - 1978].
7/ First pope to use the Internet: John Paul II (#265), [1978-2005]
8/ First pope to do a question-and-answer (Q&A) on TV: Benedict XVI (#266), [2005 ->] on Good Friday, April 23, 2011
9/ First pope to make a call to space (at least to talk with other humans): Benedict XVI (#266), [2005 ->] on May 4, 2011 to two Italian astronauts on the International Space Station.
Benedict XVI's first TV Q&A. Click for article and video from the U.K. 'The Telegraph'. The pope famously admits he has no answer to suffering.
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