EDGARDO MORTARA:

CHURCH-APPROVED KIDNAPPING

STORY CHAPTER LINKS
1. STORY PREFACE
2. UNSETTLING QUESTIONS
3. BAD LAWS
4. ...ALLOW BAD ACTIONS
5. WHO CAUSED THE OUTRAGE?
6. DID ANYBODY CARE?
7. NOT THE AUTHORITIES
8. INTERCESSION FAILS
9. THE POPE GETS INVOLVED
10. EDGARDO CONVERTS
11. THE PAPAL STATES FALL
12. WHERE'S ADGARDO?
13. HOW COULD YOU?
14. PAINFUL ENDINGS
15. UNSETTLING QUESTIONS, HOPEFUL ANSWERS
16. MORE GREAT LINKS
17. USED AND RECOMMENDED SOURCES

PREFACE

"I'm just following
the Inquisitor's
Orders."


Kidnapping is a crime. Period. Parents take great comfort in that truth.

But suppose a place exists where kidnapping is not a crime under certain circumstances. Try to imagine what life in such a country would be like. Think about the terrible effects of such "legal" mischief.

GO TO CHAPTER 2

Author: Carole D. Bos, J.D.


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Bos, Carole D. "Edgardo Mortara: Church-Approved Kidnapping." AwesomeStories.com. Date of access <http://www.awesomestories.com/biography/mortara/mortara_ch1.htm>.

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