Does human life have INHERENT value?

[Brakeman]

They knew it was wrong, but they stood by and let it happen anyway. Is that what Jesus would have done? Was the messiah in the habit of just chilling when he knew people were suffering?

At best you can say, they washed their hands on the issue, since it was the secular authorities doing the actual executions. But Summa Desiderantes paved the way for the belief in witches and they had no problems attending Autodafés in great numbers. There are contemporary drawings of church hierarchs holding the place of honor when a burning took place.

There is a scripture which is telling.

Luke 6:43-45New King James Version (NKJV)
A Tree Is Known by Its Fruit
43 “For a good tree does not bear bad fruit, nor does a bad tree bear good fruit. 44 For every tree is known by its own fruit. For men do not gather figs from thorns, nor do they gather grapes from a bramble bush. 45 A good man out of the good treasure of his heart brings forth good; and an evil man out of the evil treasure of his heart[a] brings forth evil. For out of the abundance of the heart his mouth speaks.

The idea that a otherwise sinful Pope can put forth the good fruit of his biblical pronouncements flies in the face of this verse.

The clergy participated as judges and witnesses and knew full well the effects of their sermons to the people that incited the mob to commit these utterly vile evil acts in the name of religion.