Why did the Roman Catholic Church lose power during the crusades?

Answer 1

Roman Catholic AnswerThe Church's only real power comes from Our Blessed Lord. At times throughout history, the leaders of the Church have welded temporary power either through owning land, or for various other reasons. But at all times, one would speak of say, the Pope having temporal power, for instance, when he controlled a great portion of Italy as its temporal ruler. There was also a type of power one could speak of when all of Europe was Catholic including the princes and the people. But even then, the Church only sought to represent Jesus Christ, even if misguided individuals within the Church sought temporal power.