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On Politics: The Pope and the President

The LRB Podcast by London Review of Books

Apr 23, 202661:57Society & Culture

When commenting on the power and influence of the Catholic Church, Stalin is supposed to have asked: ‘how many divisions has the pope?’ Donald Trump has yet to question how many F35s Leo XIV has, but he may as well have...

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On Politics: The Pope and the President is an episode from The LRB Podcast by London Review of Books. When commenting on the power and influence of the Catholic Church, Stalin is supposed to have asked: ‘how many divisions has the pope?’ Do...

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