Year of three popes Year of three popes A year of three popes is a common reference to a year when the College of Cardinals of the Catholic Church are required to elect two new popes within the same calendar year. Such a year generally occurs when a newly elected pope dies or resigns very early into his papacy. This results in the Catholic Church being led by three different popes during the same calendar year. The most recent instance of a year of three popes occurred in 1978. The three popes involved were: There have been several instances in which three or more
The Saw Doctors of 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake. The band performed three songs at Celtic Park, Glasgow on 21 November 2006 before Celtic F.C.'s UEFA Champions League match with Manchester United F.C.. The Saw Doctors' song "She Says" is used as the theme song to the BBC Northern Ireland comedy series "Give My Head Peace". Under the name "The Folk Footballers," Leo Moran and former Saw Doctor Padraig Stevens released "The First Fifteen," a collection of songs that celebrated the Galway football team in the wake of its success in the 1998 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship. Re-released in 2001, when Galway again won