Does the Pope want to aggrandise himself by war?
No.

Does he fear lest some enemy should invade his States?
Certainly not.

He is better protected by the veneration of Europe than by a line of fortresses.

If, by a scarcely possible eventuality, any difference were to arise between the Holy See and an Italian Monarchy, the Pope has the means of resistance at hand, without striking a blow; for he counts more soldiers in Piedmont, in Tuscany, and in the Two Sicilies, than the Neapolitans, the Tuscans, and the Piedmontese would well know how to send against him.

So much for the exterior; and the situation is so clear, that your Ministry of War assumes the modest and Christian title of 'the Ministry of Arms.' As for the interior, a good gendarmerie is all you want.' "Eh! my dear son," cried the Prelate, "we ask nothing better.