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by lo_zamoyski 472 days ago
> in the 16th century, the impact of the Pope on day to day life was higher

Not so. The mass media have instantly made every sneeze of the pope common knowledge, or common fake news. In prior centuries, the pope's prominence in the consciousness of daily life was low. He was a remote figure. You wouldn't hear of his death for weeks.