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Pope Clement V moved the papacy and his residence to Avignon, a city just outside French territory on the Rhone River. This allowed Phillip the Fair, King of France, to exert a great deal of influence over the pope.
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Pope Gregory XI made a significant move and returned the papacy to Rome.
When he died the new italian pope was elected. Though the french did not like him so they electedtheir own pope. -
The Roman king did not like the Italian pope, so he elected one of his own. There were two popes now claiming athority over the church.
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The schism in western Christendom was finally healed at the Council of Constance.The Catholic world now had a single head based in Rome, The religion became Roman Catholic.