Pope Stephen VI (896–897), who had his predecessor Pope Formosus exhumed, tried, de-fingered, briefly reburied, and thrown in the Tiber.[1]
Pope John XII (955–964), who gave land to a mistress, murdered several people, and was killed by a man who caught him in bed with his wife.
Pope Benedict IX (1032–1044, 1045, 1047–1048), who "sold" the Papacy
Pope Boniface VIII (1294–1303), who is lampooned in Dante's Divine Comedy Pope Urban VI (1378–1389), who complained that he did not hear enough screaming when Cardinals who had conspired against him were tortured.[2]
Pope Alexander VI (1492–1503), a Borgia, who was guilty of nepotism and whose unattended corpse swelled until it could barely fit in a coffin.[3]
Pope Leo X (1513–1521), a spendthrift member of the Medici family who once spent 1/7 of his predecessors' reserves on a single ceremony[4]
Pope Clement VII (1523–1534), also a Medici, whose power-politicking with France, Spain, and Germany got Rome sacked.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Bad_Popes"
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It would be hard to find better proof that God is protecting His Catholic Church than pointing out that all these "bad popes" could not change or destroy the teachings of God's Catholic Church. (Sort of like proving that a bad guy like Judas Iscariot could not destroy the teachings of Jesus Christ, even though he helped get Him murdered.) Thanks Elsie!
Gotta go to work now. Have a great day!
I could find no better proof that Satan is protecting at church than the fact that men like that are its leaders and called the *vicar of Christ*.