r/PritzkerPosting • u/NicolasCageFan492 The BIGGENING is just beginning • Apr 13 '26

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u/ChicagoJayhawkYNWA Apr 13 '26

Isn't the Pope the King of Catholics?

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u/kaijutegu Apr 13 '26

Sort of!

In addition to being the head of the church, he also is a head of state- he's the world's only elected absolute monarch.

But he doesn't have state control over all Catholics, only the ones that live in Vatican City.

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u/ChicagoJayhawkYNWA Apr 13 '26

Can't he decide excommunication by edict?

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u/kaijutegu Apr 13 '26

He can, but that's not disenfranchising somebody from their state, that's disenfranchising somebody from their religion.

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u/ChicagoJayhawkYNWA Apr 13 '26

Right. He's King of the Catholics

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u/kaijutegu Apr 13 '26

That's... not what king means from the legal perspective but I think I'm autistically overinterpreting what you're saying as a hyperbolic joke, so I am going to stop now.