When did the Catholic church lose most of its political power?

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I posted this in "religion" and got a bunch of opinions as answers. I'm looking for an actual date in history for when the Catholic church stopped having the power to wage wars across continents (with the Muslims for example - and others). And when did it stop having the ability to make laws that European nations abided by? Thanks for any help.
 
You can probably point at when the Church split, and operated a second "Rome" in Constantinople. Thus, there were two Churches with two Popes, so each one had limited power since you had to choose sides.
 
When the Henry the 8th split from Rome and had the Anglican church formed...or July 4th, 1776 when the US was born.
 
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