How Did Mussolini Manage the Italian State's Long-Standing Conflict with the Catholic

Multiple Choice

How did Mussolini manage the Italian state's long-standing conflict with the Catholic Church?

A) by banning Catholic political groups throughout Italy
B) by denying diplomatic recognition to the Vatican in 1925
C) by asking prominent Catholic politicians to join the fascist regime
D) by staging a public reconciliation with the Church, including independence for the Vatican in 1929
E) by forcibly appointing a new pope, Pius XI, when Benedict XV died in 1929