Chapter 1. The Title Deed of the Catholic Church
John O'Brien, a reliable Catholic scholar who has written many apologetic books, says that the popes "constitute a distinguished list of holy and saintly men, linking the Church with Christ and constituting the Title Deed of the Catholic Church - the one true Church of Jesus Christ on earth."
In the pages that follow, we will look at what the Catholic Encyclopedia (Our Sunday Visitor's edition and internet edition) have to say about this line. I will put the quotes from these encyclopedias within quotation marks; the rest will be my comments.
I am not going to bring to vivid detail all the moral sins of the papal clergy; references to it will only be in the words of the Catholic Encyclopedia.