Rejected petition observer states and the pope

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At the moment the UK government and United Nations recognizes the Vatican, Taiwan and Palestine as observer states. This E petition is for the UK government and United Nations to recognize these countries as official states, by giving them official state status.
The UK government and United Nations should also allow the electorate who are Catholics to be able to elect the pope.

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It’s about something that the UK Government or Parliament is not responsible for.

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Date submitted 17 October 2011
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