May 25

The twenty-fifth day of May.

Events

 * 1521. Edict of Worms declares Martin Luther to be a heretic and outlaw.
 * 1914. Giacomo della Chiesa (later Pope Benedict XV becomes a cardinal.
 * 1963. Pope John XXIII suffers a stomach hemorrhage and remains hospitalized until his death on June 3.
 * 1995. Pope John Paul II publishes the encyclical Ut Unum Sint (That they may be one), which affirms the Papal commitment to ecumenism.

Births and Deaths

 * 1085.' Death of Pope Gregory VII.

Feast Days

 * Third Finding of the Head of St. John the Forerunner (Eastern Orthodox)

Timeline
May 24 | May 25 | May 26