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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Christianity was an “outsider” religion against several major pantheons.
It wasn’t until Christianity became the state religion of Rome that you could say religion had any “power”. After it was spread through the empire, it remained when the Romans pulled out and left people to fend their own nations.
Rome remained, but fell in power. However, the birthplace of christian state power remained.
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