It desires to impose submission even where it is not obligatory, retractions which offend the conscience; wherever a group of men assemble for good works, it wishes to take the command, and if they decline to submit to this command, all support is withdrawn from them.

It even strives to carry religious authority outside the sphere of religion.

Holy Father, Italy knows this! But what is Italy?
It is not for her that I speak, but for the whole Catholic world.

Holy Father, you may not yet have experienced it, but this spirit of domination will strive to exert its influence over you, yourself.

Do not yield, Holy Father! You are the Governor of the Church; do not allow others to govern you; do not allow your power to become as a glove for the invisible hands of others.