Almost everything about catholic faith revolves around events that (allegedly) happened in the Middle East. Most of the holiest sites seem to be there in relation to the bible’s depiction of events. So wouldn’t it make sense that the pope/vatican would place its power center as near as possible from the holiest sites? How did it come to be Rome? Was this a decision based on the current political climate at the time or was there a reason based on faith/rethoric of the church?
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I see a lot of interesting suggestion/theories in here. I’m going to go with… it’s hot in the Middle East. Have you ever been over there? Miserable. Historically, it doesn’t even get to 32C at the hottest part of the year at the Vatican. If I was heading up the most powerful organization on the planet, I would want to HQ somewhere at least a little more comfortable.
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