>> Defending or trying to sweep the Borgias under the rug seems a silly way to defend the church. The Borgias are about as “Catholic” as Benedict Arnold was American. Technically true perhaps but hardly true in spirit or intent. <<
Not a matter of doing either. You really believe that a teleplay written by an atheist agitator is going to delineate between legend and fact? Or circumscribe the guilty from the innocent? Of course not, it’ll perpetuate the legend thath the Borgias are typical popes!
If you seriously believe anyone other than a diseased muslim would ever believe the Borgias are typical of popes, particularly modern popes, you need to rethink your basic premise