mistress of the vatican.pdf - End Time Deception

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The Two Queens of Rome
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Alas! I am a woman, friendless, hopeless!
—Queen Katharine of Aragon, Shakespeare, Henry VIII
The moment the new pontiff climbed onto the throne of
Saint Peter there was much for him to do. There was the bread
supply to deal with—lately the pagnotta had become darker
and smaller and people were beginning to complain. There was the new
conflict between Milan and Modena, and the war between France and
Spain, which had been limping along for decades. There was heresy to
suppress and missionary work to support across the globe. But in his first
weeks in office, Alexander found that much of his time was spent on
requests from citizens and church officials to punish Olimpia.
In fact, within weeks of his election Alexander received hundreds of
petitions and letters denouncing her. Many of the claims were, no doubt,
true; others were probably false, as everyone jumped on the bandwagon
attacking the woman who had dared run the Vatican. Had she been a
corrupt papal brother-in-law, popular resentment would have been tempered
by admiration.
As it was, letters poured in to the pope every day accusing Olimpia of
having sold offices to unworthy candidates, let violent criminals out of
jail for a price, and hoarded grain while the Roman poor starved. Some