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Pope. they could not reach the two-third majority. the conclave goes on for a full two years. >> without the pope, rome was a mess. >> robbery gains wanted to minate the city without the pope functioning as a saort of local king. >> no end to the conclave insight, it looks as though the resignation of one teenage pope may have unravelled st. peters legacy for good. we do whatever it takes to fight cancer. these are the specialists were proud to call our own. experts from all over the world, work...

>> rather than being a landscape where the pope could actually act as an independent power and make alliances with anyone he who he is. she w chose. >> he was clearly under the control of one king. thats what warped the pavacy. >> how manhattan is going to be the capital of the united states. >> for the first time of the invention of the conclave, the one thats true power over the church is not the one chosen by god. but a power hungry monarch instead. >> it is a dream of all great rulers to con...

As to whos in charge, was it the king or was it the pope? >> so much of the maneuvering and back and forth and jousting that goes on has to do with the fact that it was in italy. italy is not a country yet. italy is basically up for grabs. the normans grabbed part of it and the franks grabbed apart of it. italy is always contested. if you are going to control any part of italy, you have toll get t the pope on your side. >> you want to raise an army, you need the popes blessing. >> because of the...

Again. >> benedict was pope three times in the end. after benedicts reign sends the church into a tail spin. all this becomes a real problem for the church and you got to sort it out. >> july of 1048, benedict ix is ousted once and for all. the cardinals decide the fairest way to consolidate the power is ignore sylvesters claim to the flow. cle throne. clear the deck and elect a new pope. >> there was no clear way of choosing a pope. >> it was an answer frequently murdered. bribery. also, relati...

Voted for whom. thats what generate generates . >> cardinals added to the burning ballot to create the black smoke signifying that no pope has been chosen. the white smoke that hails a new pope was made by burning the paper alone. today chemical poucompounds are added to the ballot to color the smoke. modern conclave usually only lasts for a few days. but in the 13th century, they could go on for months. >> in the 13th century, briberies would be involved. people were stone walling or philly bu ...

That out. >> if theres one st. peter he can only have one legacy. held by only one man. two popes become a clear sign that the spiritual source of pay pel power had been abandoned. >> having two popes is impossib. you have to dohing somet about this. the future of the church hanging in the balance. and 1415, cardinals on both side look for a solution. they convene in general counsel. and con stance. and popes involved are summoned and either deposed or invited to resign. >> both the roman pope g...

Came to him and said you need to step out for the good of the church, what can i give you? benedict the ix. pro >> buying church power considers one of the worst sins there was. the fact that he sold and return for money was appalling to everyone. >> for the first time in recorded history, a pope resigns in exchange for money, it led to the world of dirty politics. the young pope accepts the cardinals bribe. this is no t tt the last the wo

Benedict the xvi resigned, he took a trip. people did not know it at the time but that may have been a signal because a year and a half later, he too would resign. >> but despite the peace which celestine the v resigned. . the new pope must make sure that celestine is never heard from again. >> after celestine retires, he felt it was dangerous to ve two living popes. >> you cannot have another pope knocking about and threatening the other pope. immediately after celestine

Last time the pope resigned happened just about 600 years ago. that would be pope gregory xii back in 1415. >> throughout the history of the catholic church, only four popes have ever resigned. when pope benedict xvi is the only one who has ever done it peacefully and of his own volition. but what does it mean to have two living pes? how can twn ld one legacy of st. peter? >> everyone was surprised. catholics were surprised, non-catholics were surprised. it was a strong contrast to john paul ii ...

Become the hope. >> instead of being a unifying figure. he becomes this division. >> half of the cardinals stand behind pope urban the vi in rome. while the other half panicked and flee back to rome. >> clement, the vii. catholics are torn between two different popes running two functionally church bro bureaucracies from two different places. >> there is an election of the pope and some people did not like it, some people say we are going to set up a church place itself. this becomes a big battl...