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Article: Recent papal claims.(Brief Article)
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- National Catholic Reporter
- Article date:
- May 26, 2000
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Some papal prerogatives are very recent indeed. The popes in the 19th century, for instance, appointed very few bishops worldwide. In 1801, Pope Pius VII signed a concordat with Napoleon giving the emperor the fight to elect new bishops for the dioceses of the empire in perpetuity. In exchange, the pope received the support of Napoleon and a very large sum of cash. Pius VII signed a similar concordat with the rulers of Bavaria. in 1817 and with the King of the Two $icilies in 1818. By 1829 of the 646 episcopal sees in the Latin church, 555 were appointed by the state including all of the bishops in South ...
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