According to Catholic tradition, the apostolic see of Rome was founded by Saint Peter and Saint Paul in the first century. As neither of these saintly men ever did anything wrong, we should clearly expect the same of their successors.
I think you will find St Paul persecuted Christians to their death. At the stoning of St Stephen he minded the coats of those doing the stoning.
I live in a world where the actions of 14 year olds are irrelevant to their adulthood.
A world I wish more people would join me in.
In this world I also refuse to hold children accountable or responsible for the actions of their parents, and vice-versa because I am not a North Korean dictator.
Join me.
... it also distracts the discussion to the core of the problem, which is whether or not the Catholic Church was doing better things or not during his time as a Pope. We should judge people for the greatest achievements/greatest position of social impact, not for being nasty to other kids on the playground and not sharing their toys.