In a truly heartwarming story of rags to riches, a servant to Julius III was made a cardinal for doing great services to the peoples of Earth: he had once cared for the new Pope’s pet monkey.
Once again, this is why you do not want governmental power placed in the hands of unelected, unaccountable officials.‚ I feel like I may start to annoy my readers with my constant hammering in of the principles of small government, separation of church and state, and freedom for the people.‚ I don’t really care though, because I don’t want to get burnt at the stake for being a “werewolf” or have my governor be some high school buddy of the President or have the Mayor of Seattle get first rights to my newly married wife.‚ If I hammer to the point of annoying some folks, that’s okay.