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White-Dove
8/29/2006 11:29 PM
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Argh, more disgusting info from Wikipedia. A list of sexually active Popes! This shakes my faith, Popes doing the 'Wild Thing'. How COULD they?
Saint Peter, traditionally the first Pope, was married (Jesus cured his mother-in-law), known to have taken his wife along on his apostolic/mission journeys (1 Cor. 9:5).
Pope St. Hormisdas (514–523) was married and widowed before ordination. He was the father of Pope Silverius. [1]
Pope Adrian II (867–872) was married before taking orders and had a daughter.
Pope Sergius III (904–911) was supposedly the father of Pope John XI by Marozia (Source: Liber Pontificalis, Liutprand of Cremona).
Pope John XII (955–963) (deposed by Conclave) was said to have turned the Basilica di San Giovanni in Laterano into a brothel and was accused of adultery, fornication, and incest (Source: Patrologia Latina).[2]
Pope Clement IV (1265–1268) was married before taking holy orders, and had several children.
Pope Pius II (1458–1464) had several illegitimate children.[citation needed]
Pope Innocent VIII (1484–1492) had several illegitimate children.
Pope Alexander VI (1492–1503) had a notably long affair with Vannozza dei Cattanei before his papacy, by whom he had his famous illegitimate children Cesare and Lucrezia. A later mistress, Giulia Farnese, was the sister of Alessandro Farnese, who later became Pope Paul III. Rumors of Alexander's sexual activity were even more wild — see Banquet of Chestnuts. He fathered a total of seven children.
Pope Julius II (1503–1513) had three illegitimate daughters.
Pope Clement VII (1523–1534) was probably the father of Alessandro de' Medici, whom he made Duke of Florence.
Pope Paul III (1534–1549) held off ordination in order to continue his promiscuous lifestyle, fathering four illegitimate children by his mistress. His nickname was "Cardinal Petticoat" because his sister Giulia had been Alexander VI's mistress. He made his illegitimate son Pier Luigi Farnese the first Duke of Parma.
Pope Pius IV (1559–1565) had several illegitimate children.
Pope Gregory XIII (1572–1585) had an illegitimate son before he took holy orders.
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gilg
8/29/2006 11:38 PM
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White Dove,
So?
You might consider that it was kosher for the royalty to engage in that type of behavior and that our understanding of morals and what is acceptable is not the same today as at that time; also, what is acceptable for the royalty (high status) is not the same for the middle or lower classes. That is life, no big deal in Western Civ.
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White-Dove
8/30/2006 12:10 AM
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gilg, So, you think it's kosher for Christ's earthly representative to be screwing another man's wife or having illegitamite offspring? Out of all of humanity, this is the best the Catholic Church could do?
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jane2
8/30/2006 12:15 AM
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Ah, Dove
Who gives a $hit? Old news: Church history, European Church and Dante............
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