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  1. Public Bookmark 32

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    From the moment he first stepped out onto the balcony in St. Peter’s Square as Innocent XIV, Vincent Benítez knew that the days of his papacy were numbered. And yet, when a costly mistake forces him to resign, he doesn’t come prepared for the grief the loss of his office causes him.

    Thomas Lawrence naively liked to think that he wouldn’t live to see the end of Innocent’s papacy. He never could have imagined that he, of all people, would be the one responsible for it.

    Lost and with their hearts filled with both guilt and unexplored desires, they struggle to navigate the shambles of the life they knew. They find refuge in a place where they least expect it – an old, ramshackle farmhouse in the middle of nowhere, that’s just as desperate for love and forgiveness as them.

    Or: The one where Vincent and Thomas get the retirement they both deserve and finally allow themselves to love each other.

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    04 Feb 2026

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  2. Public Bookmark 56

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    “To be frank, Thomas, you are nothing and no one outside the Vatican,” the late Holy Father had continued. “You have a family, that is true. But you must be distant person to them by now, a tragic ghost that sends them Christmas presents and writes them e-mails. I do not say this to be cruel, I am just telling you the facts of the matter. I will hear no argument; you will continue to serve the Church and God as you have done all your career.”

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    13 Nov 2025

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  3. Public Bookmark 18

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    I am a crooked piece of iron, and I come into religion to be made straight by the hammer of mortification and penance.

    - Saint Aloysius Gonzaga


    In the wake of Pope Innocentius XIV's election, Thomas Lawrence finds reason for penance.

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    24 Oct 2025

  4. Public Bookmark 50

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    The rooms at Casa Santa Marta are assigned at random, with two cardinals sharing one room.

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    24 Oct 2025

  5. Public Bookmark 78

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    During his first summer in Rome, Vincent Benítez works himself to the brink of exhaustion trying to fill his new role as Pope. Only reluctantly, he agrees to spend ten days at the papal summer residence in Castel Gandolfo. There are two problems, however: Vincent is terrible at being alone, and he's terrible at having nothing to do. Luckily, Thomas is in dire need of a holiday, too, and more than willing to keep him company.

    Or: The summer get-away fic in which Vincent teaches Thomas to speak Dari and opens his heart to him along the way.

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    29 Sep 2025