Honorius I, 625‐638, has been condemned as having taught a heresy _ex cathedra_ (officially). The interest in this lies in the fact that in 1870 the Vatican Council declared the infallibility of all the popes in their _ex cathedra_ utterances. But the pope who declared Honorius a heretic did it _ex cathedra_ also. Hundreds of “learned” volumes have been written in the effort to make this pretty snarl clear to the Roman clergy. It is clear enough to others. “Saint” Agathon, 678‐682, claimed to be a miracle worker. He was the infallible pope who denounced the doctrines taught by infallible Honorius I. “Saint” Nicholas I, 858‐867, “tamed kings and tyrants, and ruled the world like a sovereign; to the wicked and unconverted he was a terror.” So says a Catholic historian. John VIII, 872‐882, must have seriously offended one of the “brethren” at the Vatican; for that dignitary first tried to poison him, and as the poison did not work quickly enough, he finished the job by breaking John’s head with a hammer. Stephen VII, 897‐898, was offended because his predecessor had at one time gotten the papal throne away from him. Accordingly, his first act was to cause the body of Pope Formosus to be exhumed, mutilated and thrown into the Tiber. Subsequently one of the “brethren” strangled him. Christopher, 900‐903, boldly deposed his predecessor, Leo V, declaring him unfit to reign, which was doubtless true. Leo died “of grief” in prison less than forty days after he had ascended the throne. He probably had something given him to help his grief along. Christopher himself was murdered by _his_ successor. Sergius III, 904‐911, having murdered Christopher, ascended the throne and emulated the kings of earlier days. His concubine Marosia bore him several children. John X, 915‐928, and Leo VI, 928‐929, were both killed by Marosia, to make room for others in whom she was interested. John XI, 931‐936, was the son of Marosia by Pope Sergius III. One of the “brethren” poisoned him. John XII, 956‐964, was murdered while in the act of committing adultery. He was of licentious habits, associating with women of every station, and filling the Lateran with the noisy profanity of a brothel. Among his mistresses was Joan, popularly known in history as Pope Joan. She was a brilliant woman and actually exercised the chief influence at Rome during John’s pontificate. Benedict VI, 972‐973, was strangled or poisoned by one of the “saints.” Boniface VII, 984‐985, was elected just after the tumult caused by the death of Benedict VI, but had to leave town to escape a similar fate, on account of licentiousness and cruelty. He remained away eleven years, returned, put Pope John XIV in prison, starved him to death and ascended the throne in his place.