Church

Question 1

What happened in 1923?

Answer 1

Increased clerical salaries, Religious Education reinstated in elementary schools, crucifix restored in schoolrooms and courts.

Question 2

What was the Lateran Pact?

Answer 2

The Lateran Pacts, 1929: Lateran Treaty (Vatican City,
Pope recognized Rome as capital city); Financial
Convention (Church given compensation for lost
lands); Concordat (Catholicism sole religion of state,
RE in secondary schools, Church marriages
recognized by state, Church control of divorce, state
acceptance of Catholic Action)

Question 3

What happened in 1931?

Answer 3

Pope condemned
some of Mussolini’s statements as heretical. Pope
issue Encyclical ‘We have no need’ condemning
Fascist violence against catholic action. Compromise
reached.

Question 4

What was the church opinion in 1938?

Answer 4

Church critical of antisemitism.