crown and will return to the principles of the church they once knew. the roman population who were always very volatile and who regularly intervened in papal elections, after a long string of french popes were determined to have an italian pope. the conclave of 1378 is met with angry mobs of romans chanting outside the vatican, demanding a renewed papal investment in their beloved city. and though the cardinals missed their extravagant french lifestyle, they worry what might happen if the romans demand are not met. and so an italian pope. urban vi was elected. but he seems to have been unhinged by becoming the pope. instantly he reveals himself to
be a megalomaniac, locking up people that didn t agree with him. so instead of being a unifying figure, he becomes a symbol of division. half of the cardinals stand behind the maniacal pope urban vi in rome while the other half panic and flee back to avignon where they elect another pope, clement vii. the once-universal church is now split. catholics are torn between two different popes running two functioning church bureaucracies from two different places. there s an election of a pope and some people didn t like that election, so some people say, we re going to set up a church someplace else. and so this becomes a very big battle. so in solving one problem, getting the pope back to rome, you ve created a of worse one. we went through a long period
who didn t agree with him. so instead of being a unifying figure, he becomes a symbol of division. half of the cardinals stand behind the maniacal pope urban vi in rome while the other half panic and flee back to avignon where they elect another pope, clement vii. the once univeal church is now split. catholics are torn between two different popes running two functioning church bureaucracies from two different places. there was an election of a pope, and some people didn t like that election, so some people say, we re going to set up a church someplace else. and so this becomes a very big battle. so in solving one problem, getting the pope back to rome, you ve created a much worse one. we went through a long period
a megalomaniac locking up people who didn t agree with him. so instead of being a unifying figure, he becomes a symbol of divisi division. half of the cardinals stand behind the maniacal pope urban vi in rome while the other half panic and flee back to avignon where they elect another pope, clement vii. the once universal church is now split. catholics are torn between two different popes running two functioning church bureaucracies from two different places. there was an election of a pope, and some people didn t like that election, so some people say, we re going to set up a church someplace else. and so this becomes a very big battle. so in solving one problem, getting the pope back to rome,
being elected pope. he was a megamaniac, instead of being a unifying figure, he is a symbol of division. half of the cardinals stand behind the maniacal pope urban vi in rome, while the other half panic and flee back to avignon and elect another pope, clement vii. the once universal church is now split. catholics are torn between two different popes running two functioning church bureaucracies from two different places. there s an election of a pope and some people didn t like that election. and so, some people say, we re going to set up a church some place else. place else. so this becomes a very big battle. so in solving one problem, getting the pope back to rome,