[Knitting A Conundrum]

It was the Dominicans who ran the inquisition. The Benedictines are an order of basically isolated monasteries, without the same sort of organization as preachers and workers against heretics that the Dominicans were founded to be.

You are right. By justice of the era, the church courts were more fair and just than the state run courts.

[e5man_r_u?]

Sombody at EWTN was guessing to much.

The first time I hit this link: http://www.ewtn.com/pope/life/index.asp
I saw Pius XIII in the packground.
I hit refresh and it said Benedict XVI.

[Mercat]

you are correct. duh.