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YVRJon t1_ja8r0un wrote

There are now; for a few years, there were four popes/km^(2).

(Area of Vatican City is 0.44 km^(2))

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notaliberal2021 t1_ja9qhmv wrote

There is only one living Pope.

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YVRJon t1_ja9qln1 wrote

Yes, but for several years there was a Pope Emeritus

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notaliberal2021 t1_jaa838g wrote

The joke was in the present tense.

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YVRJon t1_jaa89zt wrote

Yes, and because the area of Vatican City is slightly under half a square km, the single Pope gives a Papal density of a little over 2 per square km.

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