Roundup: If They'd Made Me Pope

Everything I've written about Pope Celestine VI, long may he reign

The If They’d Made Me Pope series is getting lengthy, so here’s a roundup of all the installments:

• Part I: “Preliminaries” — Panic, a regnal name, and the end of the celebrity papacy (3 June)

• Part II: “Government 101” — Succession, emergency powers, codification, legitimacy, and security, aka the bear necessities of government (10 June)

• Part III: “Amending the Unwritten Constitution” — (24 June)

• Part IV: Restoring the Rule of Law

• Part V: Particular Revisions to Canon Law

• Part VI: Restoring the Ancient Disciplines

• Part VII: Doctrinal Matters

• Part VIII: Miscellany