 Pope Hadrian VI, who immediately followed Leo X, who was the Bishop of Rome at the time when the Reformation was beginning. Here's Hadrian VI, the Pope, referring to what things were like at the time, and I'm quoting him. We know that for years there have been many abominable offenses and spiritual matters and violations of the commandments committed at this Holy See. Yes, that everything has in fact been perverted. This is a Pope speaking.