Editing Pope Pius IX (section)

=== Dispute with the Melkite Greek Catholic Church ===
After the [[First Vatican Council]] concluded, an emissary of the Roman Curia was dispatched to secure the signatures of Patriarch [[Gregory II Youssef]] and the rest of the [[Melkite Greek Catholic Church|Melkite]] delegation who had voted ''non placet'' at the general congregation and left Rome prior to the adoption of the dogmatic constitution ''[[Pastor aeternus]]'' on [[papal infallibility]]. Gregory and the Melkite bishops ultimately subscribed to it, but added the qualifying clause used at the [[Council of Florence]]: "except the rights and privileges of Eastern patriarchs."<ref>Zoghby (1998), p. 83</ref> This earned Gregory the enmity of Pius IX; during his next visit to the [[pontiff]], before leaving Rome, when Gregory was kneeling, Pius placed his knee on the patriarch's shoulder, just saying to him: ''Testa dura!'' (''You obstinate man!'').<ref>Parry (1999), p. 313. See also the account given by Zoghby (1998), p. 83</ref><ref>{{cite journal|last=La Civita|first=Michael J.L.|date=March 2006|title=Profiles of the Eastern Churches: The Melkite Greek Catholic Church|journal=ONE Magazine|publisher=CNEWA (Catholic Near East Welfare Association)|volume=32|issue=2|url=http://www.cnewa.org/mag-article-bodypg-us.aspx?articleID=3215|access-date=13 September 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071014042008/http://www.cnewa.org/mag-article-bodypg-us.aspx?articleID=3215|archive-date=14 October 2007|url-status=dead}}</ref> In spite of this event, Gregory and the [[Melkite Greek Catholic Church]] remained committed to their union with the Holy See.