Editing Pope Innocent XI (section)

===Innocent XI and William of Orange===
Innocent XI dispatched [[Ferdinando d'Adda]] as nuncio to the [[Kingdom of England]], the first representative of the Papacy to go to England for over a century. Even so, the Pope did not approve the imprudent manner in which [[James II of England|James II]] attempted to restore Catholicism in England. He also repeatedly expressed his displeasure at the support which James II gave to the autocratic King Louis XIV in his measures against the Church. It is not surprising, therefore, that Innocent XI had less sympathy for James than for [[William III of England|William of Orange]]<ref>[[Crane Brinton]], "Italy and the Papacy, 1655 A.D.-1799 A.D." in ''An Encyclopedia of World History'' (1941), Boston:  Houghton Mifflin.</ref> and that he did not afford James help in his hour of trial.<ref name=kelly288>Kelly, 288</ref> Innocent refused to appoint James II's choice as a Cardinal, [[Sir Edward Petre, 3rd Baronet]].