History often views the papacy as a monolith, but behind closed doors, some of the most consequential turns in history happened because a single pope ignored his advisors and trusted his own instincts. Today, I’m looking at five extraordinary moments when a pope rejected the collective wisdom of his advisors to chart a radically independent course.
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