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Hi there, there's a section that labeled "Reformation to present (1517 to today)". Maybe I want to renamed it to "Reformation to present (since 1517)". It's fine the current header name remains the same. What you guys think? SpartanMazda (talk) 18:27, 1 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

thanks bro 124.105.177.129 (talk) 06:50, 19 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Under section Pope#Political role, the infobox has broken image because the template {{Infobox}} requires use of full image syntax. To fix, replace this line:

| image   = Coat of arms of Vatican City (2023–present).svg

with:

| image   = [[File:Coat of arms of Vatican City (2023–present).svg|frameless|upright]]

— 2406:3003:2007:1F3:D0FF:4A56:98D6:A1CB (talk) 18:26, 7 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

 Done Dahawk04 (talk) 18:36, 7 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

The Wiki quote article is not linked in the section of the external links. 176.200.117.9 (talk) 21:30, 25 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Chnage 1.3 billion Catholics to 1.7+ billion Catholics. 2401:D002:CB0C:4700:B05C:9D21:B4E7:F8D8 (talk) 08:51, 6 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

 Not done: No clue where you got that figure, but I question that it was a reliable source. Remsense 🌈 论 08:55, 6 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]