Papal encyclical, in the strictest sense, is a letter ...

Papal history from 867 to 999 is commonly called The Pornacracy. Most of the popes during that time were murdered and justly so. They were what we would call organized criminals struggling for the papacy. Drafting A Hermit – Deadlocked in a Roman family power struggle, the Curia elected Peter (The Hermit of Merone) to be Celestine V. ................
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