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Because then they were illiterate, backward, poor and did not give education and enlightenment much importance. The Popes were educated, they had money and power. As they began gaining more power, they decided to subjugate the common people. They began spreading false beliefs about everything. Enlightment only comes when there is proper education, sense of humanity and in what's right and what's wrong. So, the people blindly followed the Catholic Church due to the lack of education and funds.

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