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Originally Posted by amedea
Democrazia Cristiana as well as the Catholic church were officially neutral on the republic-monarchy question, but many historians (Montanelli for example) noted that the DC leaders prefered republic (as De Gasperi) while church hyerarchies (at all levels) prefered monarchy. I think the relationship between Pius XII and Savoy house was great (the pope even went in official visit to the Quirinale Palace and Savoys princes were often in Vatican; the king of Italy then gave titles to Pacelli family, the Pius XII family)
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In his book "The history of Italy, the Republican Italy", Montanelli stated that the Vatican did want to "get rid of the monarchy!", so they invited the "catholic" voters to choose the Republic.
Do not forget that there were several priests who fought in the ranks of the Resistance.
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