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He was the most eligible member of the powerful roman family that ruled the city of rome. they wanted him to be president obama for their own financial game, their own territorial supremacy. >> the papacy was the legal center of the western world. if a king needed a dispensation to marry his brother's wife, if people wanted to take possession of a local parish, they would are to get permission and pay a fee. at rome, you are enormously powerful, immense responsibility. >> but 19-year-old benedict has no interest in bureaucracy or public service. he is only interested in the privileges of power...

Pope. self. >> now their positions had reversed. benedict is if rome and sylvester iii is in compile, but they're both still claiming to be pope. >> benedict ix was the first pope that comes back and they have to decide, well, who's the real pope now? >> with rome's allegiances split between benedict and sylvester, the church faces a crisis of faith. how does one decide who holds the legacy of st. peter? the romans will not have long to figure it out. only one month into benedict ix's second papacy, he complicates the matter even further. >> benedict then, in the way of impetuous young men, he...

In 1294, the cardinals are determined to renew the spiritual supremacy of the papacy by electing a pope through the proper channels. warring factions are deadlocked, which has left rome without a leader and in dire shape. frustrated by the delay and the state of rome, a permit morning writes to the conclave. >> he was an example of these kinds of crazy guys who live up a mountain and live on beans and read nothing but the gospel. >> angellario warns the cardinals that vengeance will fall on them if they continue the stalemate. taking his letter as a divine sign, the cardinals decide to

Office passed on from one pope to the next. but can two men hold the legitimate claim to one godly office? >> 'left us with this situation of a pope and an extra pope, and that's always going to change the nature of an institution. >> who's the real pope? >> in 2013, millions of people watch as benedict xvi phasefully hands the papacy over to pope francis. but in the past, two living men with claim to one legacy has resulted in nothing but chaos. >> in the 10th and 11th centuries, if you've got two popes, you've got two factions. >> it is an extraordinary episode. >> benedict ix was a teenager...

Become a trap. >> in terms of looking to the future, as any pope begins to get older or begins to have any difficulties, the question of resignation will be on the horizon. >> francis has also talked about resigning and you don't know how serious he is. he's a mischievous man and he's got an agenda and he's an old man and i think he wants to see that agenda out first but it may be that he has learned the lesson of watching john paul ii collapse into helplessness. >> it would be very interesting if pope's now said, right, i've done by bit. someone else can have a go. >> announcer: in announcing...