Dang each one of these need more than an intro to them! I never knew Julius II was the original hater... I think they mentioned some of these names in the Vikings show that the History channel made... adding little clips of them in the middle of this would take it to another level of AMAZINGLY!

This was a very helpful series. Thank you!

One thing you missed about Urban VII: He ruled only 9 days making him the pope with the shortest reign ever

FINE WORK

Excellent narrative ...suggestion please cite the Popes that were canonized or in process to sainthood....

Wow! Power, even in a religious context, creates some horrible people.

Oh yes!

Greetings to Martin V, my namesake... :D

Legend has it the Clement VIII was once urged to denounce coffee as satan's drink because of its popularity with the Muslims. But after tasting it he apparently said; "This Satan's drink is so delicious it would be a pity to let the infidels have exclusive use of it." I now have a favorite pope, HAHAHAH

Paul VI was strongly against birth control

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As far as Pope Francis goes let's start with his validity is questionable because the conclave that elected him on the day he was elected did so on the third valid when conclave rules dictate only two ballots per day. That's just for starters. Sims games at sentencing, his writings verbal musings and what not have run counter to centuries of Catholic teaching, particularly Laudato Si and Amoris Laetitia. And he seems to want to be more a pope of the world than a pope of the Catholic Church. Multiple encyclicals and Moto proprios that are Unworthy of the title of the heir to Peter. Much of this could be diabolical disorientation because Pope Benedict XVI is impacting still alive. But look at the nonsense that happened at the Amazon Synod with the pachamama idols on the altar over the Mortal remains of Saint Peter. In fact so much of any claim to legitimacy on the part of Pope Francis certainly has a cloud over it because of the infiltration by the st. Gallen Mafia and the fact that he is merely a puppet of that group and other groups that have interests that are outside of the scope of the ecclesiological interest of the Catholic Church. Wow arguably not too dissimilar to a handful of popes in earlier times in that regard oh, he should certainly have an asterisk next to his name.

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Claiming to have the power to forgive sin is Blasphemy and to be god on earth is Blasphemy