Editing Giosuè Carducci (section)

== Religious views ==
In his youth Carducci was an atheist,<ref>Biagini, Mario, ''Giosuè Carducci'', Mursia, 1976, p. 208.</ref> whose political views were vehemently hostile to the Catholic Church. In the course of his life, his views on religion shifted towards a socially oriented [[theism]] which he exposed in his famous "Discorso sulla libertà perpetua di [[San Marino]]" ("A Speech on San Marino's Perpetual Freedom"), pronounced on 30 September 1894 before the authorities and people of that ancient Republic and celebrating "the Universal God of Peoples, Mazzini's and [[George Washington|Washington]]'s God".<ref>[https://www.liberliber.it/mediateca/libri/c/carducci/la_liberta_perpetua_di_san_marino/pdf/carducci_la_liberta_perpetua.pdf Carducci la liberta perpetua] liberliber.it</ref> According to some sources Carducci was reconciled to the Catholic Church in 1895.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2021-05-14 |title=Inside the secret conversion of Italy's Christopher Hitchens |url=https://cruxnow.com/news-analysis/2021/05/inside-the-secret-conversion-of-italys-christopher-hitchens/ |access-date=2021-05-14 |website=Crux |language=en-CA}}</ref> On 11 September 1978, [[Pope John Paul I]] mentioned him as a "model" for university professors and teachers of [[Latin]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Angelus, 17 settembre 1978 &#124; Giovanni Paolo I |url=https://www.vatican.va/content/john-paul-i/it/angelus/documents/hf_jp-i_ang_17091978.html}}</ref>