Can the pope declare a crusade?

[Dreams_Of_Cheese]

why would I even want a metal suit of armor when modern body armor exists?

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[p0rtalGeek]

why would I even want a metal suit of armor when modern body armor exists?

because forget you deus vult

[Shift Kitty]

A war for people with no necks!
Finally a crusade made just for me!

[kongo]

why would I even want a metal suit of armor when modern body armor exists?

why do you even want armor? just split the bullets with your sword

[Ragequit]

why not just kill muslims butt loving naked

[randomtroll39]

why would I even want a metal suit of armor when modern body armor exists?

why not just put the modern body armor under your super rad metal suit of armor?

[joe411]

What would happen if he just declared one today? Would any of the world militaries respond?

[Refticus]

crusaders are standing by to retake the holy land

[Juncoph]

What would happen if he just declared one today? Would any of the world militaries respond?

at most you might see some anti-refugee violence performed by paramilitary groups from places like poland

[Dreams_Of_Cheese]

why do you even want armor? just split the bullets with your sword

so i can get shot by two bullets? dumbass

[Nonnel]

wear modern armor under your chainmail

[sir dooble]

The Pope can't declare a crusade because he has no army.
But he could call for one and ask monarchs/heads of governments to go to war.

It's then up to those specific leaders to decide to answer that call or not.
There's very little incentive to go to war for the Pope however.
Most nations are not Roman Catholic so have no obligations to the Pope or Vatican.
Most nations are ruled by elected officials who have to answer to their citizens, rather than being ruled by monarchs.
There is little reward to retaking the Holy Land, and a large portion of it is already in the hands of Israel who are allied with much of the Christian West.

I don't know the workings of the Catholic Church but I imagine if the Pope were to make a sudden announcement tomorrow calling for a crusade then the Church would work quickly to remove him from his position however they could.
Most western nations would also condemn a call for war, especially on religious grounds.

[Ipquarx]

if he did, no one would listen and he'd lose that last bit of respect and influence he has

which is weird because as far as i know in the catholic church, what the pope says is the literal word of god. Like no buts about it, this is what god says. To say that the pope is wrong is to say that god is wrong, literally, in that belief system

[King Tøny]

He should because someone needs to stop the terrorists

[Texan101]

which is weird because as far as i know in the catholic church, what the pope says is the literal word of god. Like no buts about it, this is what god says. To say that the pope is wrong is to say that god is wrong, literally, in that belief system

That was also the theory behind monarchies.