Seen it. Weak.
“Even if the photo is a fake...” That was a good one. Hey, our photo is fake but our story is golden!
The Vatican is a city-state, not a church. There are diplomatic agreements worldwide. Another country can’t go in there and arrest anyone. No police force can enter. It’s a diplomatic situation. Internal enforcement is the province of:
The Gendarmerie Corps of Vatican City State (Italian: Corpo della Gendarmeria dello Stato della Città del Vaticano) is the gendarmerie, or police and security force, of Vatican City and the extraterritorial properties of the Holy See. It was founded in 1816 as Corps of Gendarmes by Pope Pius VII, renamed the Central Security Office in 1970, the Security Corps in 1991, and was restored to its original name in 2002.
One other thing. I know a little about Italy, OK? Italians are the biggest fastest worst leakers in the world. If the Pope was arrested everyone would know if a big hurry.
I was watching the Vatican plaza on the Vatican livestream last night. It was darker than usual, but some lights were on. The Pope’s apartment area was dark, but it was about 4:30AM. There was nothing moving in the Plaza. At daylight, there were two couples, one sitting, one walking around the plaza. There was no other movement. I have extended family in Rome. If anything happens there I’ll hear pretty quick, you know Italians and gossip.
Ciao!
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