Boniface VIII said pedophilia was ... act of witch hunting. Alexander VI bought his way into the papacy and had a rollicking sex life. Alexander VI became pope in 1492 — but before then he ...

Born as: Rodrigo Borgia (Spain, 1431) The Borgia name became synonymous with corruption thanks to Alexander VI ... by his enemies. Boniface VIII was a ruthless power-hungry pope who fought ...

Saint Malachy is credited with the 12th-century text, 'Prophecy of the Popes,' which contains a series of cryptic Latin phrases believed to describe every pope, beginning with Celestine II in 1143 ...