tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33970956.post3103920318355943681..comments2024-03-19T15:26:26.055+00:00Comments on auntie joanna writes: Pope Paul VI...Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33970956.post-61201360492830727592012-07-14T14:02:39.214+01:002012-07-14T14:02:39.214+01:00Liberius was the first Pope not to be canonised. (...Liberius was the first Pope not to be canonised. (He was forced into exile and captured by Arians, and forced to sign a document sympathetic to Arianism. He got back the see of Rome and then gently distanced himself from Arianism, but that was enough to compromise him in the eyes of posterity).<br />That's the problem with routinely canonising Popes. It really shows up the un-canonised.Malcolmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10311426607108404554noreply@blogger.com