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A Dead Pope Was Unearthed And Made To Stand Trial In 897 C.E. So The Living Pope At The Vatican Could Find The Deceased Pope Guilty Of Usurping The Papacy
In 897 C.E., the corpse of a pope who had been dead for months was unearthed and made to stand trial in a courtroom presided ...
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Pope Francis’ new autobiography traces roots and rise to Vatican
Tuesday marks the release of the first autobiography by a living pope: “Hope” by Pope Francis. NBC’s Anne Thompson reports for TODAY on what’s included in the new book.
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How Pope Benedict unwittingly made the Catholic case for 'conscious uncoupling'
No living pope had handed off the keys of St. Peter since Gregory XII in 1415. If Pope Benedict had only waited some 14 months to announce his retirement — or abdication, or vacation — we ...
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Pope Benedict XVI: What the death of a former pope means for the Vatican
For almost a decade there were in effect two popes living at close quarters in the Vatican, because Benedict stayed in the Vatican Gardens at the Mater Ecclesiae monastery, appearing occasionally ...
Pope Francis tells in memoir how documents on abuse and corruption cases were handed to him
One of Francis’ lasting reforms will be his reshaping of the papacy to embrace simplicity and humility. In his new ...