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Edmund Burke: “If he should be elected Pope, or even come to have any weight with a new Pope, he will infallibly conjure up a…”

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If he should be elected Pope, or even come to have any weight with a new Pope, he will infallibly conjure up a democratic spirit in that country.
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Edmund Burke

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Burke predicts that if the Cardinal Boncompagni gains influence, he could incite a democratic movement in the region.

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