I remember reading somewhere that hundreds of years ago, France 'kidnapped' the pope for a couple of years. When they decided to send him back, he died on the way back. The Vatican and France then both chose a new pope, leading to two popes in office. Since there was only supposed to be one pope, they decided to have a revote, where they would choose one single pope. They did, but the old popes did not want to give up their power, so there were then three popes. This led to the power of French kings to appoint cardinals at their pleasure... reason Cardinal Richelieu was still a cardinal after siding with the Protestants.
fact?
2007-11-03
09:11:07
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