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Not All Popes Were Good Popes

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By    |   Friday, 25 April 2025 07:20 AM EDT

The late Pope Francis rankled conservative theologians during his papacy, but there's no question history will view him much more favorably than some of the Popes who came before him.

History is replete with stories of bad Popes, including one who transformed the Vatican into a "den of vice and debauchery;" one who exhumed a rival Pope from his grave and put him on trial; and another who murdered his rivals to attain power.

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The late Pope Francis rankled conservative theologians during his papacy, but there's no question history will view him much more favorably than some of the Popes who came before him.
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