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The Vatican is not a policital entity?

It does not have Diplomats (by whatever name) in any country in the world which will allow them into the country? Diocese's (sp?) in trouble throughout the world don't claim the Vatican, not they, own their so-called property?

I could go on and on but I think I'll wait for you to claim that the RCC is nothing but a simple Church with no political or worldly ambitions.

The fact that there is organization (note that I omitted the word "an" in this statement) somehow negates that the Church is a body of believers?

There is nothing wrong with a Church being organized. It certianly makes more practical sense then having total anarchy. It also surely has spiritual benefits. A Church that is united visibly is able to do much more to have a rich spirituality that continually strengthens its adherents and the wider world.

The fact that the Catholic Church also is a legal and political entity is just a fact of living in the world. Someone has to own the property. Someone has to pay the rent. Someone has to represent the Church to the UN or the nations of the world.

Someone has to represent the Church to the UN or the nations of the world.

The RCC is a political organization with one of the biggest diplomatic corps in the world. The same political organization which gave up her world domination goals only when she lost too many wars.