The Only Person in the World Claiming to Be the Pope Right Now (NYT digital edition May 5, print May 8, 2025)
“It’s Danny Kind, and he’s not even Catholic. But he’s in a college class that simulated the conclave of 1492…”
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Associate Professor of History Ada Palmer’s popular annual papal history course began its residence at Rockefeller Chapel in 2015, following a chance encounter by Palmer and Rockefeller staff member Matthew Dean at an unrelated concert of Renaissance papal music.

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