Page "Pope Leo X" Paragraph 11

During these two or three years of incessant political intrigue and warfare, it was not to be expected that the Lateran council should accomplish much.

Its three main objectives, the peace of Christendom, the crusade ( against the Turks ), and the reform of the church, could be secured only by general agreement among the powers, and either Leo or the council, or both, failed to secure such agreement.