Word: papal
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Second?That absolute sovereignty over this territory be vested in the Pope, inhabitants of the new Papal State being deemed subjects not of the King of Italy but of the Supreme Pontiff...
Third?That the Holy See delegate suitable territory in the new Papal State to the Italian State for purposes of civic administration...
Fourth?That the Italian Treasury pay to the Papal Treasury 1,000,000 lire in reparation for the numerous seizures of Papal property...
Fifth?That the Papal State and the Italian State formally recognize one another and exchange ambassadors...
Should a concordat be signed in the indicated sense, Pope Pius XI would be free to emerge from the Vatican and might even tour the U. S., as did King Albert of the Belgians. Once more there might be belligerent Papal troops, and a revival of the Church Militant in its non-Catholic connotation?i.e., a political state ruled by the Pope in an absolute capacity. Presumably, however, the neutrality of the Papal State would be even more studied and scrupulous than Belgium...