RELATIONS WITH THE CHURCH

1. LATERAN AGREEMENTS

1.1. Pope recognized the state

1.2. Italy recognized the control of the Church over the Vatican City

1.3. Italy paid £30 million in compensation for taking Rome in 1870

1.4. In the Concordat, the Catholic is recognized as the sole religion of state

1.5. Government paid bishops and priests salaries

1.6. Religious instruction given in public schools

2. CONFLICTS

2.1. Jealous of Catholic Action

2.2. Wanted to amalgamate CA to Ballila and Piccole Italiane

2.3. Church's power in ONLY religious cases

2.4. Church critise Mussolini's antisemitic policies

3. BEFORE THE 20s

3.1. Anti-clerical

3.1.1. Black Germs

4. 1920s

4.1. Brought back religious education in school

4.2. Crossed allowed in classrooms

4.3. Catholic wedding with his wife + baptised children