Background
Carlo Maria Curci was born on September 4, 1810 in Naples, Italy.
Carlo Maria Curci was born on September 4, 1810 in Naples, Italy.
Carlo Maria Curci joined the Jesuits in 1826, and for some time was devoted to educational work and the care of the poor and prisoners.
Carlo Maria Curci wrote a preface to Gioberti's Primato (1843), but dissented from his Prolegomena.
In the meantime he began to attack the political action of the Vatican, and in his II Moderno Dissidio tra la Chiesa Italia 1878 he advocated an understanding between the church and state.
This was followed by La Nuova Italia ed i Vecchi Zelanti (1881), another attack on the Vatican policy; and by his Vaticano Regio (1883), in which he accuses the Vatican of trafficking in holy things and declares that the taint of worldliness came from the false principles accepted by the Curia.
Finally he accepted the decrees against him and retracted " all that he said contrary to the faith, morals and discipline of the Church. "
He passed the remainder of his life in retirement at Florence, and, a few months before his death, was readmitted to the Jesuit Society.
He was cast out of the Society of Jesus and suspended, and during this time Cardinal Manning put his purse at Curd's disposal.
His former work at Naples drew him also in the direction of Christian Socialism.