...and what bears repeating is that in 1870 the Church was essentially neutralized as a political force by the dissolution of the Papal States. It had to hang on to the illusion of power somehow, which hearkens back to what Lord Acton said. (Not to throw a whole new monkeywrench into this discussion.)
And we don't know how many people accepted Papal authority out of sincere belief, or fear.
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