Published on
Jan 5, 2025
Vatican Spies by Yvonnick Denoël review – a head-spinning history of saints and sinners
Popes used to control vast areas of Italy – the so-called “papal states”. But when the unification of Italy was finally completed after the capture of Rome in 1870, only about 120 acres of central Rome were left in papal possession. Popes railed against …
Source:
The Guardian
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Center-left
