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Why did the Pope refuse to grant King Henry VIII a divorce and annulment?

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Henry VIII and Catherine of Aragon were Roman Catholic, and the Church forbade divorce. ... Pope Clement denied an annulment for several reasons, one being that Catherine's nephew, Emperor Charles V of Spain, had laid siege to Rome and essentially was holding the Pope as prisoner.

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