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On t sular side,ot someone who had any sort of a spiritual authorit evespirual training. >> nepotism tended to produce a group of wealthy parasites who lived like grandese, who were also clergy. >> he was incompetent. he was morally compromised in many ways. >> benedict was up to his neck in robbery and murder. he was using his position to gain wealth at the expense of the people of rome. >> by the year 1044 the cardinals are fed up. they decide the church needs a real spiritual and political leader, something must be done. >> the holiest priest in rome came to him and said you need to step do...

Of the papacy has become shattered. >> all of this is bad for the chur church and you have to sort that out. >> in july of 1048 benedict ix is officially ousted once and for all. the cardinals decide the fairest way to consolidate papal power is to ignore sylvester and gregory's claims to the throne, clear the decks, and elect a new pope. >> one of the problems in the 11th century was there was no clear way of choosing a pope. >> it was an answer of frequently murder. bribery. and also relationship, the sons of popes sometimes became popes, choosing a pope. it's very confused, and it's never a...

Which is against the cannons. >> conclaves had not yet been invented. popes are chosen by brute force or nepotism. >> buying church power was the worst sin. the fact he sold the papacy in return for money was appalling to everyone. >> for the first time in recorded history, a pope resigns in exchange for money, which catapults the papacy into the world of dirty politics. >> the papacy becomes a poem in the politics of central italy. >> though the young public ces theoung cardinal's bride, this will be the last the wor hears of benedict ix. >> pope, the most powerful man in history is brought t...

In the past thousand years, there have been only four other popes who have abdicated, so we thought this would be an interesting history lesson, other than the current pope. pope gregory xii abdicated in 1415, although he was one of three rivals for the position, and he stepped down to make way for the election of one pope. there also was pope celestine iv, who left after only four months. pope gregory and pope benedict ix abdicated in 1045 so he could get married. behold water so blue it merges with the sky above. behold natural beauty above the sea, and far below. behold smiles so wide they ...

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