A sudden report from Rome, originated in semiofficial circles, stated that it was very unlikely that any alteration would take place in the official relations between the Vatican and the Mussolini Government.
There are times when so vague and negative an announcement is news, and this is one of them, for the relations of the Vatican to Mussolini's Govern-ment have been secret and increasingly friendly, and Mussolini's friends have endeavored to capitalize the fact into a fait accompli which would end the 50-year-old scandal of Rome.
Prior to 1870 Rome and the Papal States...
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