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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For a while in the Dark Ages the Pope and cardinals were in southern France. They agreed with you and wanted to enable pilgrims to visit the holy sites.
They tried to take back the holy land for several hundred years in the Crusades (1090-1290AD). But we’re never able to fully control that region in the history of Christianity.
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