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King Charles visits the Vatican: my research shows countries that cut ties with the Catholic Church perform better

By Jason Garcia-Portilla, Lecturer in Business Management, University of Winchester

King Charles’s recent visit to the Vatican may appear to be simply a symbolic gesture of ecumenical goodwill. But moments like this provide an opportunity to look at the long-term consequences of church-state relations around the world.

Britain, of course, has a complicated history with the Catholic church. Edward VII (Charles’s great-great-grandfather) was the first UK monarch to

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