The divorce between the world and him (Pius IX.), between believing people, who are the true Church, and the fornicating aristocracy who usurp its name, is impressed on every syllable of the Pope's letter.
This passage offers a scathing critique of Pope Pius IX and the perceived corruption of the Church hierarchy.
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