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Re:Most Execrable and Abominable or Irreligious: When Pope C... by kpgiskpg on Friday January 15, 2021 @08:47PM (#25799111)
I didn't realise that popes getting poisoned was a common occurrence at any time in history.
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Re:Most Execrable and Abominable or Irreligious: When Pope C... by linksnapzz on Friday January 15, 2021 @10:21PM (#25799723)
From about 756AD to 1870, the Holy See was its own country occupying much of central Italy. Popes during this time were subject to any and all risks that contemporaneous rulers would face in similar circumstances. Not only that, but many times during this era the Throne of St. Peter would be held by a man who might be the scion of a powerful and ruthless family (Borgia, Medici, Barberini)that had much experience with assassins...
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Re:Most Execrable and Abominable or Irreligious: When Pope C... by spoonjim on Saturday January 16, 2021 @02:24AM (#25800739)
The pope was the king of an aggressive military power for much of the church’s history.
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Re:Most Execrable and Abominable or Irreligious: When Pope C... by throwawaybutwhy on Friday January 15, 2021 @11:39PM (#25800096)
You don't have to go far for this stuff [0].

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pope_John_Paul_I

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Re:Most Execrable and Abominable or Irreligious: When Pope C... by JohnJamesRambo on Saturday January 16, 2021 @12:34AM (#25800320)
I don't see anything about poison?
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Re:Most Execrable and Abominable or Irreligious: When Pope C... by throwawaybutwhy on Saturday January 16, 2021 @12:45AM (#25800377)
Before you write it off as tinfoilhatter speculations [0], please consider this was the time in Italy when an acting Prime Minister (Giulio Andreotti) took active part in a hit job on a former Prime Minister (Aldo Moro) [1].

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pope_John_Paul_I_conspiracy_th...

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kidnapping_of_Aldo_Moro

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