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De gré ou de force, ces papes qui ont résidé en France
Cardinal Henri de Suse, a 13th-century reformer of canon law, wrote that the Pope is wherever the Pope is located. According to Jean-François Thomas, SJ, for Aleteia, this principle reflects the idea that the papacy follows the person rather than a specific location.
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- Reporting@aleteiaenFor better or for worse, these popes who resided in France
Aleteia · Jean-François Thomas, sj
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