The Papal Schism Continued

Pope Gregory having died, the cardinals chose Bartholomew Prignano, who took the name of Urban VI. Urban gained for himself the hostility of the cardinals by his attacks upon their worldliness, and four months later they were demanding his resignation. But, as we saw, Urban would not resign; and the French cardinals elected Robert of Geneva as Pope Clement VII. This, as was remarked, had never before happened. There had been rival popes before but always chosen by opposing parties; but these...