Word: stated
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Italian State the Church is not sovereign or even free. It is not sovereign because that would be a contradiction. It is not even free because its institutions and its men are subject to the general laws of the country. . . . The State is sovereign in the Italian kingdom, the Catholic Church holds certain loyally and voluntarily recognized privileges, and all other religions are freely admitted...
...always the Supreme Pontiff who intervenes and negotiates in the fullness of the sovereignty of the Catholic Church, which he does not represent but personifies by direct Divine mandate. It is not, therefore, the Catholic organization in Italy which would be subject to the sovereignty of the State but the Pontiff himself, the supreme authority of the Church. ... If there were the least animosity and bitterness in our soul we would say that these not infrequent expressions of no renunciation, of no concession from the State to the Church offend...
...must, said he, be "clearly and loyally understood that the Catholic religion and the Catholic religion alone is the State religion . . . not merely one of the many tolerated or permitted religions. . . . The Fascist State, both where doctrine and ideas are concerned [should] refuse to admit anything which is not in agreement with Catholic doctrine and Catholic action. For without these the Catholic State could not exist...
...Italy v. State...
...died in New York City. During 42 years in the U. S. he had saved up $900 but had not become a U. S. citizen. He left no heirs, no will. Under U. S. law, e tates of all persons dying under such conditions become the property of the State in which they...