He did not seek to make war on the Church of Rome.

No one, for example, ever explains exactly what the Church of Rome thinks about homosexuality or why.

Dirty work, blackmail, and murder, all inside the Church of Rome.

He had been a cleric from his youth and held various positions within the Church of Rome.

How if they do hearken to the Church of Rome?

"For that I cannot in all good conscience part from the Church of Rome."

The Church of Rome, on the other hand, hardened its attitude against birth control.

Its first act had been to excommunicate the Church of Rome.

There were several persecutions during this century, and they hit the Church of Rome hard.

"I'd like to think the Church of Rome is above such hypocrisy now."