The after-effects of the July 1830 Revolution in France continued to be felt in 1832. Writing to Father Court\u00e8s, Eugene touches on one.<\/p>\n
\nThe very evening of the day of the consistory, a messenger came and announced the taking of Ancona by the French. The details which have come to us are horrifying; you have to go back to the time of the barbarians to find like examples of cowardly betrayal or rather of so revolting a treachery.<\/strong><\/h5>\n<\/blockquote>\n
To Hippolyte Court\u00e8s, 11 March 1832, EO VIII n 417<\/em><\/p>\n
Yvon Beaudoin explains: \u201cAfter 1830 there were revolutionary upheavals in the whole of Europe: Belgium, Poland, Germany, Switzerland and the Papal States. With a view to helping the Pope, Austrian troops had just occupied the Romagna at the beginning of 1832. As a counter-weight to this intervention Louis-Philippe ordered the occupation of Ancona, against the wishes of the Sovereign Pontiff.\u201d<\/p>\n
France had always been regarded as the \u201cEldest Daughter of the Church\u201d and Eugene found this betrayal of the Pope by the French King an act of treachery.<\/p>\n
Today, what is my reaction when I encounter hostility to the Church and to the values of the Kingdom of God?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The after-effects of the July 1830 Revolution in France continued to be felt in 1832. Writing to Father Court\u00e8s, Eugene touches on one. The very evening of the day of the consistory, a messenger came and announced the taking of … Continue reading