I’m reluctant to leave a comment because I don’t want to just be a negative poster, but the link to Fr D’Souza’s article is simply … well, wrong. The situation, Blessed Pius IX found himself in was much more desperate than Fr D’Souza relates. Pius IX’s Prime Minister Pellegrino Rossi was assassinated on his way to the chancery by Luigi Brunetti, who stabbed Rossi in the neck. The Pope himself fled the Vatican in disguise to a hiding spot guarded by the King of Naples. The First Vatican Council was chaotically interrupted and the Council Fathers fled for their lives. Fr D’Souza is at best a rose-colored storyteller … he is certainly no Church historian!
Great comment, thanks! I mainly linked to it because that’s where I found the info about the conclaves being held in the Sistine Chapel from that era onwards.
If we take secularization as an inevitable outcome of history, then smoothing the Risorgimento out doesn’t matter. I think it’s more complicated than that, myself. As the book ultimately demonstrates.
Um… are you referring to Dr Royal’s book? I thought it was about the 21st century, not the 19th… does it touch on the bloody destruction the 19th century’s Risorgimento revolutionaries inflicted on the Catholic Church in violently ripping away the Papal States? At one point they were seeking Blessed Pope Pius IX in order to assassinate him! That’s why he fled south in disguise to the Kingdom of Naples. Many more faithful Catholics besides Prime Minister Rossi were murdered by the revolutionaries! Fr d’Souza’s account completely whitewashes the truth of their suffering and deaths out of existence …
When I say "As the book ultimately demonstrates." I am referring to The Leopard, as we were discussing (the context of me mentioning the point in Fr. d'Souza's article about the conclave being moved to the Sistine Chapel).
I am not arguing with you about the article as a whole.
I’m reluctant to leave a comment because I don’t want to just be a negative poster, but the link to Fr D’Souza’s article is simply … well, wrong. The situation, Blessed Pius IX found himself in was much more desperate than Fr D’Souza relates. Pius IX’s Prime Minister Pellegrino Rossi was assassinated on his way to the chancery by Luigi Brunetti, who stabbed Rossi in the neck. The Pope himself fled the Vatican in disguise to a hiding spot guarded by the King of Naples. The First Vatican Council was chaotically interrupted and the Council Fathers fled for their lives. Fr D’Souza is at best a rose-colored storyteller … he is certainly no Church historian!
Great comment, thanks! I mainly linked to it because that’s where I found the info about the conclaves being held in the Sistine Chapel from that era onwards.
If we take secularization as an inevitable outcome of history, then smoothing the Risorgimento out doesn’t matter. I think it’s more complicated than that, myself. As the book ultimately demonstrates.
Um… are you referring to Dr Royal’s book? I thought it was about the 21st century, not the 19th… does it touch on the bloody destruction the 19th century’s Risorgimento revolutionaries inflicted on the Catholic Church in violently ripping away the Papal States? At one point they were seeking Blessed Pope Pius IX in order to assassinate him! That’s why he fled south in disguise to the Kingdom of Naples. Many more faithful Catholics besides Prime Minister Rossi were murdered by the revolutionaries! Fr d’Souza’s account completely whitewashes the truth of their suffering and deaths out of existence …
When I say "As the book ultimately demonstrates." I am referring to The Leopard, as we were discussing (the context of me mentioning the point in Fr. d'Souza's article about the conclave being moved to the Sistine Chapel).
I am not arguing with you about the article as a whole.
Yes, “The Leopard”! That clarifies everything. Thanks for replying!