Pope Leo X (r. 1515 – 1522) confers the title of “Fidei Defensor” (Latin for “defender of the faith”) upon Henry VIII (a Catholic, until 1534; an Anglican afterward; r. 1509 – 1547), as a reward for his persecution of Protestants.

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       Bigots, religious or racial, always have to brag about their evil; and the Pope is supposed to be Christ’s Vicar on Earth.  What would the Jesus of the Sermon on the Mount say about it? –– JL