Why are the pope & other heads of the catholic religion in Italy & not in the country of where Jesus was born & lived?

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Asked in religion, catholic, places asked on: 09/14/2006 02:49pm

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Paul_Rook

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4 minutes after the question was opened (09/14/2006 02:52pm)

because its only a rumour that jesus was born in a stable im bethlehem and the pope knows the truth so he set up his vatican to the site where jesus used to go on holiday with mary and joseph instead.

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4 minutes after the question was opened (09/14/2006 02:53pm)

The Vatican is built on the site where St Peter was crucified and buried, said to be the most holy site in the world. A small shrine was built, then elaborated, then a church, and then before you know it, Vatican City had been built on the site of the burial.

The body of St. Peter still lies in a crypt below Vatican City.

Also, it was the Roman emperor, Constantine, that legalised Christianity in the Roman empire, so Rome would be a good place to base the religion that took over as the major religion from paganism over the first few centuries AD.

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