Who in the Roman Catholic Church gets to appeal a decision from the Pope? The answer: Nobody. Under his papal bull called Execrabilis, Pope Pius II issued on January 18, 1460, there was no appeal to any council or group of a decision of the Pope. Anyone who tried that would be known as “detestable” and they couldn’t drum up the votes to overturn him anyway. This is a picture of Pius II’s grave at Saint Andrew’s basilica in Rome.
