Pope Clement VII: his power-politicking with France, Spain, and Germany got Rome sacked

 

Pope John XV: split the church’s finances among his relatives

 

 

Pope Urban VI: complained he did not hear enough screaming when his Cardinals were tortured

 

 

Pope Innocent IV: introduced torture on the Inquisition

 

 

Pope Alexander VI: nepotism, orgies and the rise of the Borgia family

 

 

Pope Leo X: sold indulgences, killed cardinals

 

Pope John XII: raped female pilgrims and invoked pagan gods

 

 

Pope Benedict IX: the Pope who sold the papacy

 

 

Pope Stephen VI: had his predecessor exhumed, tried, de-fingered, and thrown to the river