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9. Did he follow Stalin asking how many divisions the Pope had?

Reply to Playingmantis (Original post)

Tue Apr 14, 2026, 01:24 AM

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When an advisor warned him against conflict with the Catholic Church, Josef Stalin contemptuously demanded, “How many divisions does the pope have?” It was a rhetorical question. It presumed the obvious: With no army at all, what threat could the pope pose to Soviet tyranny?

https://www.patheos.com/blogs/danpeterson/2019/09/comrade-stalin-and-the-popes-divisions.html

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