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French Government Refuses Papal Title Recognition

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Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Mar 16, 1876

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 47, No. 11.

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French Government Refuses Papal Title Recognition

A FRENCHMAN of wealth and prominence has recently been granted a title by pope Pius, but the French government refuses to recognize it, or to permit him to wear it, as the pope is no longer a temporal sovereign and hence has no right to confer titles of nobility. This decision cuts off the ambitious hopes of many who have received titles from his holiness or are expecting them, and will also cut off one lucrative source of his income.—Christian Weekly.