Editing Catholic emancipation (section)

==Comparative reforms in Europe==
The [[persecution of Huguenots under Louis XV]] had diminished by 1764. The [[dechristianization|dechristianisation]] of [[France]] in 1790–1801, the [[Anti-Catholicism|anti-Catholic]] {{lang|de|[[Kulturkampf]]}} in Germany in the 1870s and the progress of [[Jewish emancipation]] present interesting comparisons of toleration at the European level. Protestant sentiments in Ireland, on the other hand, were greatly alarmed by the possibility of Roman Catholic [[Rome Rule|political influence]] on [[Irish Home Rule bills|future governments]], which brought about equally long-lasting bitter resistance by the [[Orange Order]], alleging that "[[Rome Rule|Home Rule was Rome Rule]]". Liberal rights came slowly to the [[Papal States]] as well, and well-publicised cases such as the [[Edgardo Mortara|Mortara affair]] were a concern to liberals in America and Europe in the 1860s.