Editing Regnans in Excelsis (section)

==Suspension from 1580 to 1584==
At the request of the Jesuits and to relieve the pressures on Catholics in England, it was said that [[Pope Gregory XIII]] issued a clarification or suspension in 1580, explaining that Catholics should obey the queen outwardly in all civil matters, until such time as a suitable opportunity presented itself for her overthrow.<ref>P. J. Corish, "The origins of Catholic nationalism", part 8, vol. III, pp 15–18, in "The History of Irish Catholicism" (Dublin, 1967).</ref> How widely this was communicated to, and understood by, Catholics in England and Ireland is unknown. The evidence against any suspension of the Bull comes from the small invasion of Ireland in 1579 led by [[James FitzMaurice FitzGerald]] that was supported by the Papacy. Then in 1580 Pope Gregory sponsored another abortive expedition to Ireland in support of the [[Second Desmond Rebellion]], that ended in the tragic [[Siege of Smerwick]]. Soon after the start of the [[Anglo-Spanish War (1585–1604)]], an English Act "against Jesuits, seminary priests and other such like disobedient persons" was passed into law.