The Catholic Church in the Vade

The local churches and the local priests of the vade always strong pillars of the community. They were native sons who went off to ecclesiastic college and then returned to minister to their friends, relatives and neighbors. Just about every single vade priest refused to take the civic oath - they were roundly applauded by their parishioners for doing so. When revolutionary authorities came around hunting for non juring priests, though, the people of he vade did not hesitate to hide their sacred brothers in barns and in fields. But all this said, the vade was not uniformly opposed to the revolution. There was some general hope that maybe it would bring some relief to those who had too