TIL the pope used to have a navy.
TIL the pope used to have a navy.
www.usni.org
The Papal Navy
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I mean, they had a whole country for over a millennium.
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The Vatican IS a sovereign country.
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Conquering it in Crusader Kings is always a pain in the ass due to the Pope's insane income.
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Oh, so that's why it's called the Holy Sea!
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After the reading the first sentence I was going to ask if this author had somehow never heard of the crusades, but by the end of the second paragraph I had come to the conclusion that the author actually thinks the crusades were awesome and we should do more of them
Edit: written in 1963
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Hmmm, wet catholics
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Lots of changes for the better, that org
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Pepsi:
Hey Pepsi! Where’s my jet‽