Status Updates From Lives of The Popes: The Pon...

Finished the main part of the book, review upcoming

Update: author is not a big fan of John Paul II

The author reeeeeeaalllyyy loves John XXIII. Of course, John XXIII was an incredible and saintly pope. But I am a little put off by the total lack of historical objectivity in this section.

Can’t wait to hear what he has to say about John Paul II

When I become pope I’m definitely gonna make my nephews cardinals, that would be so fun.

Alright, the popes of the last 150 years have been pretty solid, whatever people online say. There were some absolute mad lads in the 14th and 15th centuries.

This guy is obsessed with applying current canon law concerning papal elections to previous ages

lol John XXII

The actual book is 400 pages so I’m over halfway. The rest is appendices and what not.

He also does this annoying thing of reminding you that the pope wasn’t supposed to come from outside of Rome and the law just gets ignored. We get it man, at some point they stopped caring.

He does this annoying thing where whenever certain terms, such as “pallium”, “Monothelitism”, “Arianism”, etc. come up he gives a definition in parentheses. We’re in the 8th century and pope #89. The constant rehashing of these phrases is not needed.