Regrettably, a large number of Catholics, good though they may be in their personal lives, have lost sight of these teachings and have allowed the pernicious errors of the so-called Enlightenment to poison their thinking. In condemning the Revolution, St. Pius X did not condemn any revolution in particular; he condemned the revolution of ideas which took place in the 18th century, and which is usually called "Enlightenment" in the English-speaking world. Had he meant the French Revolution of 1789, the result would be the same, because the French Revolution was based on those ideas. Modern man is now completely convinced that those ideas are right. But can a Catholic ignore the teachings of the Popes?
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