But he did not like Leo XIII.
"The wisdom of princes is shortsighted," he said; "the salvation of the Church must come from the Italian republic, as Leo XIII believes and wishes; but the Church will not be saved in the manner which this pious Machiavelli thinks.

The revolution will make the Pope lose his last sou, with the rest of his patrimony.

And it will be salvation.

The Pope, destitute and poor, will then become powerful.

He will agitate the world.