>>509473608
>popes were competing with princes for power in Italy
ALL POLITICAL POWERS WERE, AND ARE, COMPETING FOR POWER.

>sell indulgences
You have NO idea what an indulgence is... indulgences are a form of penitence in which the penitent gives money to a SPECIFIC cause of his/her CHOICE!

This is what happens when you get your "history" from protestant pastors... it's funny, because I learned religion from historians and historiographers like Elvira Roca Barea.