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Which event during the end of the Medieval era in Europe greatly weakened the Catholic Church?
The Great Famine
The Great Schism
The Hundred Years' War
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The Great Schism.
Brief reason: The Western (Great) Schism (1378–1417), with multiple rival popes claiming authority, seriously damaged the papacy's prestige and unity, encouraged calls for church reform (the conciliar movement), and undermined confidence in the Church's spiritual leadership far more directly than the famine or the Hundred Years' War.
Brief reason: The Western (Great) Schism (1378–1417), with multiple rival popes claiming authority, seriously damaged the papacy's prestige and unity, encouraged calls for church reform (the conciliar movement), and undermined confidence in the Church's spiritual leadership far more directly than the famine or the Hundred Years' War.
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