![]() In the great Roman basilicas he published the decree Quemadmodum Deus declaring St. And Peter's heir seized the occasion to perform a great act of his apostolic authority. 8, 1870, was Catholic Italy's day of prayer for the see of Peter. On the Feast of the Immaculate Conception that year, all Italy was invited to offer up Holy Communion for the Pope. ![]() When things appeared at their worst, Pope Pius IX acceded to the desires of the faithful and various members of the First Vatican Council, and invoked the powerful protection of the guardian of the nascent Church, Joseph of Nazareth. He who had preserved Christ himself from the designs of a wicked Herod still stood prepared to protect Christ's Vicar from the plots of a wicked world. In reality, things were not nearly so bad as they seemed. ![]() On the surface, prospects appeared bleak for the papacy. ![]() Rome was occupied the Pope commenced the long Vatican captivity. The papal states had been tumbled the fathers of the First Vatican Council forced home. ![]()
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