More basically, the trial has shone a spotlight on the pope’s authority, not as the spiritual head of the Catholic Church but as the temporal sovereign of the Vatican City State. Although modern pontiffs repeatedly have endorsed a separation of powers between the executive and the judiciary as a hallmark of sound democracy elsewhere, inside the Vatican itself the pope has essentially absolute power over both.
Sea change required; while the Catholic Church, like the Greek Orthodox church, needs to be separated and protected from politics, it also needs to be reset so it isn't political at all. No banking, no investing, nothing. Especially no red shoes. Hard cleanse coming up.
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Sea change required; while the Catholic Church, like the Greek Orthodox church, needs to be separated and protected from politics, it also needs to be reset so it isn't political at all. No banking, no investing, nothing. Especially no red shoes. Hard cleanse coming up.