Our pope this week wasn’t around for long, but the time he did spend in office left its mark. He entered the Chair of Peter at a dicey time in Christian history and dealt with an arch nemesis from within the Church right after his election, to boot. He was eventually killed for his faith, and is now the patron saint of things like lovers and earaches.
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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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