A Letter to Pope Francis (signatures needed)

[Rev. Rye]

The Vatican has had Permanent Observer status within the UN since 1964.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holy_See...ed_Nations


And even if you can easily discount the Vatican’s claim to nationhood, it’s surrounded on all sides by Italy, and even then, there’s no guarantee they’d participate in a RICO case against the Pope.

Observer status isn't a recognition of statehood. The ICRC is an observer since 1990 yet nobody's arguing the Red Cross is a country.

And, of course, the larger point I’ve tried to make is that it’s a lost cause to expect that A) the law has a reasonable chance of convincing the Church to change or B) society will fill the gap and convince the Church to reform like the petition suggests the Pope should do.