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How was the Roman Catholic church affected by the black death?

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They were unable to provide strong leadership. During that time, people looked at the church to seek for the "why things are happening". As now for the black death, people are asking the church, "why is this happening?".The church did not have an answer. By this time, people started to walk away from the church.

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