I was saying that the Church is re-established there, and is practically supreme.

That is traceable entirely to Pius X's policy." "Pius X! Why----" "Yes, Monsignor ?" "I know all about that.

But I thought Pius X simply ruined everything." "So they said at the time.

His policy was to draw the lines tight and to make no concessions.

He drove out every half-hearted Catholic by his regulations, and the result was a small but extraordinarily pure body.