[wideawake]

(1) Your claim of nepotism is highly exagerrated. It existed, certainly, but was not "extreme".

(2) The early history of the Papacy, from Peter to St. Gregory the Great, is incredibly awe-inspiring. The world's first system of leadership based on goodness, not military power.

(3) No Pope ever "held orgies" - that's a myth spread by uneducated idiots with an agenda. There isn't the slightest shred of evidence to support such a charge.

[Phantom Lord]

It is well known that John XII threw wild sex parties.

[Phantom Lord]

John XII also basically turned the Lateran Palace into a brothel.

Sometimes history isn't pretty.

[adam_az]

"(2) The early history of the Papacy, from Peter to St. Gregory the Great, is incredibly awe-inspiring. The world's first system of leadership based on goodness, not military power."

Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha....