18 Shocking Facts About Vatican Popes and Their Controversies

11Pope John XII

Pope John XII

Pope John XII is said to have died either during sex with a married woman or was beaten to death by her husband. It was among many other scandalous acts he performed, some of which included affairs, toasting to the devil, ordaining 10-year-old boys as a bishop, etc.


12Pope Stephen VI

Pope Stephen VI

Pope Stephen VI once dug up the body of a previous Pope (Pope Formosus), put it on trial for bribery and rule-breaking and mocked him for being silent in front of the entire Vatican. The defendant lost the case.


13Pope Pius II

Pope Pius II

Before becoming Pope, Pius II wrote in 1448 an erotic novel, which became the best-selling book of the 15th century. The book named “Historia de amantibus” translates to “The Tale of the Two Lovers.”


14Pope Leo XIII

Pope Leo XIII

Pope Leo XIII outlined the rights of workers to a fair wage, safe working conditions, and the formation of labor unions while affirming the rights of property and free enterprise, opposing both Atheistic Marxism and laissez-faire capitalism.


15Pope Urban VIII

Pope Urban VIII

Pope Urban VIII forbade Catholics from using the powdered form of tobacco known as snuff because of its tendency to cause sneezing, which he viewed as dangerously akin to sexual ecstasy.


16Pope Gregory IX

Pope Gregory IX

Pope Gregory IX considered cats to be the 'incarnation of Satan,' which led to a mass killing of cats, which resulted in the rat population to swell. This therefore quickened the spread of the Black Death in Europe.


17Pope Sylvester II

Pope Sylvester II

Pope Sylvester II allegedly built an autonomous brazen head and ascended to the papal throne by making a deal with a demon. 


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18Pope John Paul II

Pope John Paul II

Pope John Paul II liked Yoo-hoo chocolate milk. As Popes do not give commercial endorsements, a subsequent statement from his spokesman denied that the pontiff had any particular preference among American milk drinks.

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