Pope faces 'tyranny' predecessors

carpi - Paus Franciscus on Sunday in the Italian town of Carpi unexpectedly confronted with the misdeeds of some of his predecessors. The prelate rode his popemobile slowly along a 136 year old sign that the 'papal tyranny' is denounced.

Francis passed the approximately 1 to 2 meter commemorative plate after a Mass at a city square. The vehicle with the pontiff drove very slowly so he could shake hands. It is unclear whether Francis something inherited from the reference to the history of the church.

The issued plate was issued in 1881 to celebrate the unification of Italy. That led according entitled to liberation 'of the human spirit of papal tyranny. 'Carpi was at that time part of the Duchy of Modena; an opponent of the Vatican.

The Catholic Church in the nineteenth century certainly not popular throughout Italy. This was partly because the Vatican itself could raise taxes in papal territories, which ultimately were largely claimed by the new Kingdom of Italy.