"Napoleon met an obstinate opponent to some of his pretensions in Pope Plus VII ... and stormed as he paced the polished floor, while Pius VII, sat in a large eagle-studded chair, attentive ...
In conversations over the course of a year with Italian journalist Massimo Franco, Pagano delves into everything from Napoleon’s ... of the pontificate of Pope Pius XII, the wartime pope who ...
Military reverses forced Napoleon to release the Pope, and on May 24th 1814, Pius VII returned in triumph to Rome. Twelve months later, the Pope decreed that the feast of Mary Help of Christians ...