Avignon Papacy
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The Trump administration invoked the historical Avignon Papacy—when French kings controlled popes in Avignon from 1309-1377—as a veiled threat to the Vatican after Pope criticism of Trump. Reports emerged of Pentagon officials warning the US Apostolic Nuncio of potential US dominance over the Church.
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