Editing Inquisition (section)

== Ending of the Inquisition in the 19th and 20th centuries ==
By decree of Napoleon's government in 1797, the Inquisition in Venice was abolished in 1806.<ref>{{Cite web|title=The Public Gardens of Venice and the Inquisition|url=https://www.venetoinside.com/hidden-treasures/post/the-public-gardens-of-venice-and-the-inquisition/|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200928155329/https://www.venetoinside.com/hidden-treasures/post/the-public-gardens-of-venice-and-the-inquisition/|archive-date=2020-09-28|access-date=2018-09-18|website=venetoinside.com}}</ref>

In Portugal, in the wake of the [[Liberal Revolution of 1820]], the "General Extraordinary and Constituent [[Court]]s of the Portuguese Nation" abolished the Portuguese Inquisition in 1821.

The [[Spanish American wars of independence|wars of independence]] of the former Spanish colonies in the Americas concluded with the abolition of the Inquisition in every quarter of [[Hispanic America]] between 1813 and 1825.

The last execution of the Inquisition was in Spain in 1826.<ref name="Law 2011 23">{{cite book|last=Law|first=Stephen|title=Humanism: A Very Short Introduction|publisher=Oxford University Press|year=2011|isbn=978-0-19-955364-8|location=Oxford|page=23}}</ref> This was the execution by [[garroting]] of the [[Catalonia|Catalan]] school teacher [[Cayetano Ripoll|Gaietà Ripoll]] for purportedly teaching [[Deism]] in his school.<ref name="Law 2011 23" /> In Spain the practices of the Inquisition were finally outlawed in 1834.<ref>{{cite web|title=Spanish Inquisition – Spanish history [1478–1834]|url=https://www.britannica.com/topic/Spanish-Inquisition|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171013234329/https://www.britannica.com/topic/Spanish-Inquisition|archive-date=13 October 2017|access-date=13 October 2017|website=Britannica.com}}</ref>

In Italy, the restoration of the Pope as the ruler of the [[Papal States]] in 1814 brought back the Inquisition to the Papal States. It remained active there until the late-19th century, notably in the well-publicised [[Mortara affair]] (1858–1870).

In 1542, a putative governing institution, the [[Dicastery_for_the_Doctrine_of_the_Faith|Supreme Sacred Congregation of the Roman and Universal Inquisition]] was created. This office survived as part of the [[Roman Curia]], although it underwent a series of name changes. In 1908, it was renamed the [[Supreme Sacred Congregation of the Holy Office]]. In 1965, it became the [[Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.vatican.va/roman_curia/congregations/cfaith/documents/rc_con_cfaith_pro_14071997_en.html|title=Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith – Profile|website=Vatican.va|access-date=13 October 2017|archive-date=19 July 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130719054340/https://www.vatican.va/roman_curia/congregations/cfaith/documents/rc_con_cfaith_pro_14071997_en.html|url-status=live}}</ref> In 2022, this office was renamed the [[Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith]], as retained to the present day.