The Roman Catholic Church's 600 years of enforced Inquisition around the world !!! For more interesting information on the Catholic Church can be found in the Book Called " The Complete Idiot's Guide to the Popes and the Papacy " You can buy the book for cheap on Amazon.com or you can probably get at the Public Library, to borrow. It's a real eye opener on the corruption of the leadership of the Roman Catholic, its Popes, Bishops, priests. The Roman Catholic Church's: selling of salvation, bribing and buying their ecclesiastical offices, positions of power such as the office of Pope, living opulent lifestyles, and their sexual immorality Quotes from the book " The Complete Idiot's Guide to the Popes and the Papacy " : - Galileo was summoned before the Inquisition in an Rome and put on trail; he was shown the instruments of torture in a successful effort to persuade him to renounce his beliefs. (page 187) - John XII who became pope at the tender age of 19, apparently still ha! d some wild oats to sow. During his pontificate, the papal residence was derided as a brothel (page 51) - Pope John XIX offered sufficiently large bribes to secure his election as Pope (page 51) - The most notorious Pope Alexander VI, Born Rodgrigo Borgia...... a superb politician, but his many mistresses, his numerous illegitimate children, his boundless greed, his ruthlessness ... (page 54) - Pope came into office as a puppet of the emperor and empress..... he had acquired the papacy by underhanded
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