Rebirth of the Spanish Empire

"I'm glad you asked this question. I thought I would have to wait for the next one or the next one before anyone asks this question." Elena's teasing made everyone present laugh, and the atmosphere here seemed to be so tense. As soon as he relaxed, the atmosphere was livened up. Everyone, especially the many reporters, immediately had a good impression of the press conference held by Spain. Especially because of the beautiful minister, they had the urge to show mercy.

"As for the reporter's question, our solemn answer on behalf of the Spanish government is that we are intensifying the investigation. Before coming, I had already called the Bishop of the Diocese of Toledo and he said he was willing to cooperate. The Spanish government will investigate this matter seriously.”

"Does that mean that if it is confirmed that what really happened, then Deacon Jose will be sentenced by Spain, or the Vatican will carry out the trial?"

Elena secretly scolded the other party as a bastard, and also said that the more you think about something, the more you think about it.

"We are currently negotiating. If nothing else happens, the Spanish Government Trial Church may participate in the full coordination and supervision." As soon as Elena finished her words, there was a roar. She knew it would have this effect, but she had no choice. The government almost fell out with the church on this issue. In the end, if His Majesty had not directly called the current Pope (i.e. Pope) Pius For unknown reasons, the Pope actually agreed to hand over this high-level clergyman to the Spanish government for the first time. Even she was stunned when she learned about it. When did the church become so easy to talk to?

"How can the church be so easy to talk to?" While Elena was guessing why the church was so easy to talk to, Alfonso was hiding alone in his private room.

Is it easy for the church to speak out when its own interests are involved? Absolutely not, that is impossible, especially the Catholic Church, which has the largest number of believers in the world. Alfonso was too familiar with Giuseppe Melchiorre Sarto. As early as 1891, Alfonso had already noticed him when he was promoted to the Apostolic Assistant of the Holy See, so he began to collect a lot of information about him, even some unknown things. Alfonso understood one truth, that is, he must control everything. The development of a thing may be easy, but it is indeed very difficult to control a person's behavior

Giuseppe was what he considered to be his earliest investment in the world. When Giuseppe encountered difficulties again and again, he helped him without any conditions, and he formed an indissoluble bond with him. However, this happened without the knowledge of the outside world. In 1893, he became the patriarch of the suburbs of Venice. It was with his indirect help that he succeeded. On June 12, 1893, Pope Leo XIII promoted Salto to the throne. As a cardinal, he led the priest of the church district where he was located. However, due to the tense relationship between the Holy See and the Italian government, Salto delayed his appointment until early 1894. Under Alfonso's instructions, he cared about social and economic issues and supported social movements during his tenure. He joined the Venice Workers Association and opposed political interference in religious affairs. He won widespread support and popularity from society and the church, and laid a solid foundation for his future promotion to the Pope, the highest figure in the Catholic Church.

"Alfonso, what kind of person are you? Why haven't I seen through you yet? Is it because my theological training is not enough and I haven't fully understood philosophy yet? Why do you still give me such a difficult feeling?" "I understand." Giuseppe is sitting on the throne of the most powerful and widely recognized church in the world. This is originally a very happy and exciting thing, but he has been doing this for more than five years. By the time, he had already lost the original sense of freshness and was thinking about this matter dullly...

On July 20, 1903, Pope Leo XIII died of illness; the College of Cardinals immediately held a secret election ceremony in the Sistine Chapel at the end of July; the most vocal person before that was the former Secretary of State of the Holy See, Cardinal Mariano Rampola. He had promoted the improvement of relations between the Holy See and France. In the first two rounds of voting, he was far ahead of the other candidates. At that time, he was still watching silently, and even resented why his position was so low. Otherwise, maybe he can step forward and challenge Mariano.

However, God opened his eyes. At that time, the Austro-Hungarian Emperor Franz Joseph I, who had obtained election information through unknown channels, publicly expressed his opposition to the election of Cardinal Rampola because he was opposed to France. , and exercised their veto power; soon, the French government also intervened in the election, and it became very difficult to be elected. Everyone, including him, began to rejoice and at the same time felt helpless. Politics still interfered with religious activities. They, the clergy, I even feel the hope of separation of church and state.

Although the Vatican Cardinals staged strong protests from both sides, under the influence of this, the situation began to change, and the change was that Spain actually secretly revealed its dissatisfaction with the two parties during the dispute, and privately The channel expressed support to the Italian king in question for the Italians to take office. Although this was not stated explicitly, it was already obvious that the only one with the highest position among Italians was him, the religious leader of Rome and the cardinal of the Holy See. In this way, in Spain and Italy With the support of the two countries, he finally suddenly became a co-candidate of Spain and Italy. With the support of these two countries, one of the most important Catholic countries, on August 4, 1903, to the first After five rounds of elections, Giuseppe was elected as the new Pope (Pope) as a cardinal.

Since Salto's election, he has been deeply saddened by the repeated interference in church affairs by European monarchs since the 10th century and their refusal to accept the Holy See of Peter, and has strongly demanded that the leakers in the electoral council be investigated and severely punished. and Cardinal Mariano Rampola’s persuasion, he reluctantly accepted the papal position.

On August 9, 1903, he was crowned the 258th Pope of the Catholic Church in St. Peter's Basilica (St. Peter's Basilica) in Rome, and was named "Pius X" to express his respect for the traditionalism and the traditionalism of the previous Pope Pius IX. The admiration for a strong and unyielding character in the secular world is what he has always looked up to.

But he was more concerned about Alfonso. He would pray in front of the Lord every day. Although it was for personal favors, Alfonso's various sensational things he did again and again did not seem strange to him. Because he knew that if he really compared it, as long as he, the Pope, said that he took over as Leo XIII with the help of Alfonso, then it would definitely be a big storm sweeping the world with a Category 12 gale.

He also knows a general idea about the church's affairs over the years. What many people know is that the church actually has special sources of information. For thousands of years, no matter how hard it is, the Catholic Church has continued to stand. Of course, the kings of various countries did not dare to take action. The reason for fear of causing public outrage, and more importantly, the church also has its own intelligence center and other channels to obtain information. He has this power in his hand now. He knows a lot about Alfonso. Of course, it is all on the surface. Things, of course, besides this there are some slightly more secretive ones

He was also very angry when what happened this time. As the supreme leader, head of state, and pope of the Catholic Church, such a thing happened. How could he not feel sad? He believes that the occurrence of this incident will definitely have a certain impact on the Catholic faith within a certain period of time. Although this is very limited, mosquitoes are still meat no matter how small they are. With the current media reporting and tracking in turn, this incident may only become more and more obvious. Now that he knew the answer to the case, he was already preparing for the worst. He was ready to give up on eradicating the cancer. But, did things really develop as he thought? …

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Russia, Kremlin

"Your Majesty, are you saying that we should continue to throw out these evidences?" Although Pobedonoschaif knew that this would be the result, he still couldn't help but ask again. In front of him, there was a smile. There was a tall stack of paper, which was actually full of various unknown evil deeds that had happened in the Catholic Church in recent years. Some of them had been discovered by Russia recently, and some of them were sent to him yesterday by someone unknown. This made him very happy. Hesitant, but the ones that have just been sent account for two-thirds of the paper in front of you. If it is not announced, then some will not be affected. But if it is announced, are you behind this hand? He and Nicholas II both had suspicions about taking advantage of it.

But when Nicholas II arrived, he tended to diverge from him. Nicholas II was not afraid, because he was not responsible for this, but he was quite afraid of Donoschaev, because it was in the Orthodox Church. As the invisible patriarch of the Russian Orthodox Church, his concern for the Orthodox Church is not fake. If the person who gave these information is to provide the other party with accusations so that the world knows the abomination of Catholicism, then of course it would be best. But if the other party If he comes with the intention of worsening the relationship between the Orthodox Church and the Catholic Church, then he has to take precautions. But looking at Nicholas II's current attitude, he knows that the other party is a complete dictator. He knows that blocking will not work. In this case , then the most important thing is to get away from it now. If you can't get away, at least reduce your weight. He knows that it is not appropriate for the Orthodox Church to directly confront the Catholic Church, especially the Catholic Church under the leadership of the very popular Pope Giuseppe.

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