Chico Harlan on The Role of Papal Politics in International Relations

The role of the Pope in the Catholic Church has always been rooted in its longstanding religious history, but since the formation of the Vatican City state in 1929 and the first papal visit outside Europe that took place in 1964, the Pope's role as a political authority has grown in prominence. Nevertheless, the power of the Pope to wield either religious or political authority has consistently been challenged by an oftentimes divided Church, as well as an increasingly divided world. To understand the importance but also the limitations of the Pope as both a religious figure and a political figure on the international stage, GJIA sits down with Chico Harlan, the Global climate correspondent for The Washington Post.