Our pope this week was only in office a short time, but still managed to leave a mark that’s resounded through the ages in battling one of early Christianity’s most monumental heresies. He’s also one of just three pontiffs in history to have a name that starts with the letter Z.
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EXTRA: The Feast of the Chair of St. Peter
The Pope Who Had RBF (Servant of God, Pope Benedict XIII)
The Pope Who Was BFFs With Charlemagne (Pope Adrian I)
The Pope Who Outsmarted Napoleon (Servant of God, Pope Pius VII)
The Pope Who Made the Emperor Kneel in the Snow (St. Gregory VII)
The Pope Who Built the Wall (St. Leo IV)
The Pope They Called a Heretic (Honorius I) - Infallibility Series, Pt. 3
The Pope Who Was Once an Antipope (Vigilius) - Infallibility Series, Pt. 2
Gaudete et Exsultate: Interview w/ Katie Prejean McGrady
The First Pope to Not Be a Saint (Liberius) - Infallibility Series, Pt. 1
The Pope who Condemned the Sexual Revolution (St. Paul VI)
The Pope Who Confirmed the Canon of Scripture (St. Damasus I)
The Pope Who Founded Western Civilization (St. Gregory the Great)
A Very Bad Pope (Benedict IX)
The Pope Who Battled Attila the Hun (St. Leo the Great)
The Pope with the Bird on His Head (St. Fabian)
The Pope Who Almost Contributed to the Bible (St. Clement I)
The "About Dang Time" Pope (Bl. Gregory X)
The First Pope (St. Peter)
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