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There were sixteen of them over time, so you would have to be more specific. But generally speaking, all of them were perfectly happy to be Pope. On top of that, they already ruled the Papal State as sovereigns and in their capacity of Pope, considered themselves already superior to any secular ruler on the planet.
Doesn't every culture want a guiding power to defend and guide them... obviously this character must be strong in the fact that a ruler must make decisions that affect many people and could get them all killed. The Elizabethans had a constant threat of assimilation from the French so a corrupt or weak ruler would cause England to become part of France.
It is not just simply wanting to be pope. the pope is the vicar of Christ. He is chosen by God to govern the true Catholic Church.
He did nothing to seek the papacy. He did not want to be pope and was preparing to retire at the time he was elected.
A Ruler has several colors, but if you want a regular one it's wood and it is brown
Yes he did he also wanted to be a ruler though.
He actually did not want to be pope. He was planning to retire at the time to read, write, study and pray. However, once elected he could not refuse the wishes of the Holy Spirit and accepted the position.
because it is against the Catholic religion and the people of Spain didn't want them to be divorced either and that had some influence on the pope
Men do not 'run for pope' as it is not a campaign. A pope is elected by the cardinals in conclave under the guidance of the Holy Spirit.
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did the pope conspire with hitler to kill jews
He did not want people to think the pope had the power to choose who was emperor.