[fox news: biden's eye appears to fill with blood during climate change town hall]   dens-eye-blood-during-town-hall-eve nt [nbc news: biden is america's most prominent catholic. the church's most conservative wish he wasn't]   litics-news/biden-america-s-most-pr ominent-catholic-church-s-most-cons ervative-n1282753 **> <a> <**> <i> <** =demons & witchcraft= drafting of the summis desiderantes affectibus, the papal bull on witchcraft papal study, vatican palace, rome december 5, 1484 - late afternoon, just before the ringing of vespers  ``` the winter sun dipped low in the sky over rome, casting long shadows on the ancient stone walls of the vatican. inside the towering halls of the papal palace, the air was thick with a chill that even the crackling hearth in pope innocent viiis private study could not entirely dispel. the golden flicker of candlelight illuminated the room, reflecting off the polished wooden shelves that housed volumes of canon law, theological treatises, and ancient manuscripts. at the center of the room, pope innocent viii, his white robes gathered tightly around him, sat at a heavy walnut desk. he was a man in his early 60s, visibly worn from the weight of his office and the pressures that had mounted upon his papacy since its beginning in 1484. his thinning hair glowed faintly in the warm light, and his furrowed brow revealed the burden he felt in drafting a document that would unleash one of the darkest periods in european historythe prosecution of witches. across from him, the dominican inquisitor heinrich kramer, tall, thin, and intense, stood with arms folded. his black robes were as severe as the expression on his face, his presence in the room a constant reminder of the fervor that had brought them to this point. the inquisitors eyes followed the popes every movement with eager anticipation.
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