tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8783969302315257415.post4801046930546576916..comments2024-03-16T01:00:19.876-05:00Comments on The Mad Monarchist: Consort Profile: Tsaritsa Giovanna of ItalyMadMonarchisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08083008336883267870noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8783969302315257415.post-84416344006942487732012-04-15T16:28:21.709-05:002012-04-15T16:28:21.709-05:00Maybe he 'pinky swore'. In any event, marr...Maybe he 'pinky swore'. In any event, marriage issues like that are usually hit-and-miss at the Vatican. Sometimes they're very "cooperative" and other times very hardline. Regardless of anyone's word, it does seem incredible that anyone would believe that the heir to the throne of an Orthodox country would be baptized and brought up Catholic. <br /><br />The last Emperor of Vietnam was first married to a Catholic and went through something similar. There was no pretending that the heir would be brought up Catholic in that case as he would be expected to participate in the Confucian rites of the country and the Church refused to grant a dispensation despite all of the efforts at persuasion. They had to be content with a civil wedding only. Oddly enough though, the Empress raised all the children Catholic anyway and the Emperor himself converted in his later years.MadMonarchisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08083008336883267870noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8783969302315257415.post-1609689813468700432012-04-15T15:29:44.140-05:002012-04-15T15:29:44.140-05:00I have a tough time believing after the experience...I have a tough time believing after the experience with Ferdinand I (who was a Catholic and became Orthodox despite promises) and Marie-Louise of Bourbon-Parma (who actually left her husband and Bulgaria when he broke his promise to the Pope that Boris III should be baptized Catholic) that the Pope would swallow the idea that Boris III "promised" to raise his children Catholic as well. The Vatican had to know that promise was going to broken as well.Jack B.https://www.blogger.com/profile/10535561070313996833noreply@blogger.com