Rome Has Spoken, Part Two: No One is Amnestied

A geopolitical history of the cataclysmic events that shaped the First Vatican Council and the Dogma of Papal Infallibly.

This new pope, Pius IX, immediately displayed the qualities the power brokers of Europe, both lay and ecclesiastic, had hoped for. He was young and affable, conciliatory and responsive to modern sensibilities. He was popular among the local Italian citizenry, spoke to their interests and gained a reputation for being an Italian patriot. He demonstrated a willingness to implement parliamentary reforms in the Papal government. He was a welcomed liberal. Some Italians thought he would be the man who unifies Italy. In a way, he would be.
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A special commission was set up under Monsignor Bulldog to directly oversee crimes against the Catholic religion. The number of arrests exploded. The French again protested. Pius IX responded that it still wasn’t enough:

Crimes remain unpunished. The men who have acted most openly against me walk freely through the streets of Rome.

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