Editing Pope Pius VII (section)

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Pius VII issued an encyclical ''Diu satis'' in order to advocate a return to the values of the [[Gospel]] and universalized the feast of [[Our Lady of Sorrows]] for 15 September. He condemned [[Freemasonry]] and the movement of the [[Carbonari]] in the papal bull ''[[Ecclesiam a Jesu Christo]]'' in 1821. Pius VII asserted that Freemasons must be excommunicated and it linked them with the Carbonari, an anti-clerical revolutionary group in Italy. All members of the Carbonari were also excommunicated.

His concerns about the work of non-Catholic [[bible societies]] were acknowledged by [[Pope Gregory XVI]] in the latter's 1844 encyclical letter ''[[Inter praecipuas machinationes|Inter Praecipuas]]''.<ref>Pope Gregory XVI, [https://www.papalencyclicals.net/greg16/g16inter.htm Inter praecipuas], ''Papal Encyclicals Online'', paragraph 6, updated 20 February 2020, accessed 15 August 2023</ref>

Pius VII was multilingual and had the ability to speak Italian, French, English and [[Latin]].

[[File:Pie VII Travaux pour l'obélisque.png|thumb|right|195px|Pius VII reviews plans for the obelisk on the [[Quirinal Hill]].]]