News here. Of course, he’s talking about Catholic politicians (which may not actually be Catholic themselves, but who live in heavily Catholic countries — which handily coincides with his visit to South America).
While to any non-theist (or even simply non-Catholic) the threat of excommunication is as frightening as the idea of Santa Claus not liking you, if most of the populace is Catholic, the fact that a candidate (possibly attempting a re-election) has been excommunicated (“and by His Holiness the Pope himself!”) may influence polls and election results enough that anyone who’s been considering lifting some ancient and draconian abortion ban may end up not doing it.
What, you thought the Vatican only pulled the strings of kings and kingdoms during the Middle Ages? Think again…
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err…… beam me down, benedict!
Yes the Catholic Chruch can say that they think something is wrong and when push comes to shove that is all they are doing. This only has power because 1.1 billion people respect their opinion.