@Radulf Actually Pope Borgia was not as bad as he is falsely reported to be. (and he definitely wasn't a Heretic!) It is said that he was slandered at the time of his Papacy, due to the fact that he was a Spaniard and the Italians objected to it & wanted him to be sent away from Rome so that one of their OWN race could be put in his place.
It is not true about Lucrezia Borgia being evil either. Another whopper! The real Lucrezia Borgia was a saintly woman, known for her charity, she is known historically as being a good woman, not the sinner that slanderous accounts have painted her to be . When she died her entire town and her loving husband sincerely mourned for her .
As with Pope Pius XII, for merely political motivations, a deliberate black legend was created around them to manipulate public mindsets against them.
From the Catholic Encyclopedia.
"She is known henceforth, and till her death in 1519, as a model wife and princess, lauded by all for her amiability, her virtue, and her charity. Nothing could well be more different from the fiendish Lucrezia Borgia of the drama and the opera than the historical Duchess of Ferrara. "
www.newadvent.org/cathen/01289a.htmPS Actually we NEED Pope Borgia now! His personal sins are never recorded as being forced upon Christ's Church as new policies. Borgia was humble enough to know that the true teachings of the Church were needing to be upheld. Whatever sins he commited during his Papacy - his reign preserved what had been handed down to him through antiquity.
www.nationalreview.com/…/moscows-assault…