Mussolinis Relationshsip With The Church

Question 1

When did the PNF set out their new programme ?

Answer 1

1920

Question 2

What was M attitude to church in his new programme ?

Answer 2

Church was a legitimate power and Catholicism could be used as a political force to drive Italian unity and nationalism.

Question 3

When did Pope Benedict XV die and who was his successor ?

Answer 3

1922 Pope Pius XI

Question 4

Was was Pope Pius XI attitude to facism when he came to power ?

Answer 4

Pius concerned with communist threat in Italy .
Saw facism as an antidote to menace from the left.

Question 5

Name 3 policies Mussolini adopts that are favorable to the catholic church ?

Answer 5

Restoring crucifixes to public buildings
Vatican had a huge stake in the bank of Rome and M guranteed that his gov would bail out the bank in Jan 1923
M bans anticlerical journals and free masonry.

Question 6

When did Pius order Sturzo (PPI leader) to resign ?

Answer 6

1923

Question 7

When were the lateren pacts signed ?

Answer 7

Feb 11 1929

Question 8

Which invasions did the church support ?

Answer 8

Spain 1936 and Abyssinia 1935