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Diplomacy, International Relations, and the Papal States Under Pope Leo XIII

Diplomacy, International Relations, and the Papal States Under Pope Leo XIII

Davidson, Casey

Paperback

CatholicismGeneral ChristianityGeneral World History

ISBN13: 9798235982123
Publisher: Colloquium Verlag
Published: Apr 27 2026
Pages: 146
Weight: 0.39
Height: 0.31 Width: 5.50 Depth: 8.50
Language: English

The year 1870 stands as one of the most consequential ruptures in the long history of the Catholic Church. When the armies of the Kingdom of Italy entered Rome and completed the unification of the peninsula, the Papal States-those territories that had for centuries provided the Roman Pontiff with temporal sovereignty-ceased to exist. The pope who had reigned over a tangible political realm suddenly found himself confined to the Vatican, stripped of the lands that had long symbolized and safeguarded his independence. The Roman Question, as contemporaries called it, was not merely a political dispute over jurisdiction. It was a profound challenge to the very structure of Christendom, raising questions about the nature of papal authority, the relationship between Church and state, and the future of Catholic influence in a rapidly changing world. The fall of the Papal States created a Church without a state, yet not without authority, a paradox that would define the pontificate of Pope Leo XIII.

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