While some might contend that the papacy is primarily a religious power, we have to understand that it is also a political power which sends and receives ambassadors and functions as a political state.
Wakati baadhi wangedai kwamba upapa awali ya yote ni mamlaka ya kidini tu, tunapaswa kufahamu kuwa pia ni mamlka ya kisiasa ambayo hutuma na kupokea mabalozi na huendesha mambo kama serikali ya kisiasa.