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Who had been the best and the worst Pope in History? the current Pope doesn't count, please?

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  • 1 decade ago
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    Alexander VI was an awesomely bad pope. They had trouble finding him a burial place because praying for the damned is blasphemy. He had at least 6 children, bought his way into the papacy, employed assassins, declared his pregnant daughter a virgin so she could divorce and remarry, spent exhorbitant amounts of money...a truely awesomely bad pope.

    Choosing a best pope is harder, because there's a lot of ways of qualifying that. Innocent III comes to mind. He consolidated a lot of power for the church and was sincere in his calling. He also called two crusades, which was very righteous in the eyes of his own culture although fairly horrific in the eyes of the average person now.

  • Anonymous
    5 years ago

    Worst Pope In History

  • ?
    Lv 4
    4 years ago

    there's a worse Pope, precise now. Many evaluate the present Pope, Ratzinger, the anti-Pope. he's oblivious to the abuse of young ones on the hands of his clergymen, or perhaps seems to be a element of the large conceal-up. With the scandals ultimately out in the open, and spreading in the time of Europe, he's extra attracted to fending off and evading his very own duty in this count than in attempting to handle the situation to guard the youngsters of the church's contributors from abuse. yet what could one assume from a former Hitler youthful people? according to possibility his indoctrination as such went far deeper than all people thought. Detestable and despicable.

  • ?
    Lv 5
    1 decade ago

    They were all sinners that the church made into gods,if jesus entered the vatican today he would be horrified at the treasures they have amassed and he would evict the pope and tear down the vatican getting rid of all the false idols and statues like he did in the bible,he said worship the father and not sinful men and false idols.All popes are bad and not of the christian bible,they are just rolling in money,fame and dont represent the jesus of the bible.

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  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    Pope Benedict is a very fine Pope, probably one of the best ones in history. Other than him, Probably Venerable Pope John Paul the Great. He was an amazingly holy man, and is now in heaven receiving his eternal reward.

  • 1 decade ago

    Yes.

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