tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8783969302315257415.post8994406473848864288..comments2024-03-16T01:00:19.876-05:00Comments on The Mad Monarchist: Papal Profile: Pope Pius VIMadMonarchisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08083008336883267870noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8783969302315257415.post-33633120247046458632010-08-17T01:58:33.604-05:002010-08-17T01:58:33.604-05:00Yes, it was either this pope or Pope Pius VII (the...Yes, it was either this pope or Pope Pius VII (the correct one I think) who told Napoleon when he threatened to "destroy" the Church that if the sinfulness of the clerics themselves had not destroyed the Church from within over the last thousand years he seriously doubted he had anything to fear from Napoleon!MadMonarchisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08083008336883267870noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8783969302315257415.post-3551590169209185092010-08-16T23:03:48.985-05:002010-08-16T23:03:48.985-05:00The trials of the Church were certainly not over, ...<i>The trials of the Church were certainly not over, but of course the Church and her rock, the Papacy, survived long after Napoleon and the first French Republic were dead and buried.</i><br /><br />Just as they will long outlast the present pontificating on the abuse scandal that is sweeping the Church (and appears to have died down for the moment).<br /><br />If I might borrow from Mark Twain, reports of the Church's demise have been greatly exaggerated.Professor Lhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00659779116600213901noreply@blogger.com