Editing Pope Paul III (section)

===Other activities===
====Society of Jesus and religious orders====
On 27 September 1540, Paul III formally approved the establishment of the [[Society of Jesus]] in the [[papal bull]], ''[[Regimini militantis Ecclesiae]]''. Originally, Paul III restricted the fledgling order to 60 members in the bull ''Iniunctum nobis'', but he lifted that restriction upon seeing just how effective they were in their missionary actions.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://christianhistoryinstitute.org/dailyquote/9/27|title=The Jesuits are approved – 1540|publisher=Christian History Institute|date=1920|accessdate=10 March 2022}}</ref> In 1548, he permitted [[Saint Ignatius of Loyola]] to print his ''[[Spiritual Exercises of Ignatius of Loyola|Spiritual Exercises]]''.

Similarly, in 1540, Paul III approved the Rule of the [[Somaschi Fathers]], and on 9 June 1544, he approved the Rule for the [[Ursulines]] in the bull ''Regimini Universalis''.

====Consistories====
{{main|Cardinals created by Paul III}}
Throughout his papacy, Paul III elevated 71 cardinals in 12 consistories. Six of those whom he named, and later revealed publicly, were nominated "''[[in pectore]]''". Among those he named were his three immediate successors: [[Pope Julius III|Giovanni Maria Ciocchi del Monte]] (the future Pope Julius III), Marcello Cervini (the future [[Pope Marcellus II]]), and Gian Pietro Carafa (the future [[Pope Paul IV]]). Among those he named were [[Reginald Pole]], [[Rodrigo Luis de Borja y de Castre-Pinós]] (the great-great-grandson of [[Pope Alexander VI]]), [[Ippolito II d'Este]] (the grandson of Pope Alexander VI), and [[Enrique de Borja y Aragón]] (the great-grandson of Pope Alexander VI). Paul III also named [[John Fisher]] as a cardinal, but King [[Henry VIII]] had him executed after warning the pope not to nominate him.

In 1535, Paul III intended to nominate Desiderius [[Erasmus]] to the cardinalate, but he declined on the grounds of ill health and his age. In preparations for the 1542 consistory, Paul III intended to nominate [[Giovanni Guidiccioni]], but the latter died before the consistory took place. In that 1542 consistory, according to Conradus Eubel, the pope is said to have reserved an undefined number of other cardinals ''in pectore''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cardinals.fiu.edu/consistories-xvi.htm#PaulIII|title=Paul III (1534–1549)|publisher=The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church|date=|author=Salvador Miranda|accessdate=10 March 2022}}</ref>

====Canonizations====
During his papacy, Paul III canonized [[Ginés de la Jara]] (1541).