Before the Pope arrived, Napoleon had already learned through telegram that Joseph invited him to France for a friendly visit, and also that Joseph hoped that through this contact with the Pope, he would gradually tie the Holy See to his chariot economically.

So Napoleon welcomed the Pope very enthusiastically in Paris. Then they held friendly negotiations in the government. Napoleon agreed and appreciated the Pope's idea of ​​vigorously promoting charity. He also expressed his willingness to cooperate with this within his ability.

Immediately afterwards, the Pope had a frank discussion with Minister Lucien on some specific matters and determined the responsibilities and obligations of both parties. Then, accompanied by Minister Lucien, the Pope conducted an inspection and visit to various universities and hospitals in Paris. Then, the Pope's crown prince Ho issued a joint statement together when Napoleon was in power.

"The Vatican Pope Pius of the VII and the First Ruler of the French Republic, Napoleon Bonaparte, representing the Vatican and the French Republic, jointly issued the following statement:

France believes that ensuring religious freedom, ensuring that any nation, any country, and anyone can freely choose to believe in or not believe in religion. Believing in this or that religion is a gifted human right and should not be interfered by any secular power.

The Holy See believes that according to the teachings of Jesus Christ, "God's belong to God, Caesar's belong to Caesar'. Secular regimes should not interfere in religious beliefs. In fact, in the history of the church, the intervention of secular regimes in religion caused the division of the church and the emergence of a large number of heretical beliefs. Therefore, the Holy See believes that now, any attempt to interfere in religion by relying on state power is contrary to the basic principles of religion.

The French believe that respecting the natural human rights of anyone is an unshirkable responsibility of the government. Even in a forced war, we have the responsibility to protect their basic human rights for the fighters of the hostile side. To this end, the French government made the following commitments:

If the fighters on the hostile side are captured, their basic human rights will still be guaranteed by the Government of the French Republic. The French government and its armed forces do not use violence or intimidation against them when interrogating captured people.

For the injured and sick people among the captured people, the French government will treat their injuries as much as possible under the conditions of its ability. It will never allow any harm or atrocities to the lives and personal life of the captured people, especially murder, torture, for biological experiments or intentional medical assistance and care.

The French government and the military will also promise not to deliberately attack the enemy's hospital facilities and protect the safety of the other party's medical staff.

The French government believes that even in war, the personal rights of civilians should be guaranteed not be violated. The French government promises that in war, it will not deliberately attack civilian facilities, attack, plunder, or otherwise harm the hostile civilians.

The Holy See believes that all human beings are created by God and should be brothers and sisters. It is a huge tragedy to have a war between brothers and sisters. Even if the war cannot completely disappear for a while, it is of great significance to avoid excessive atrocities in the war as much as possible.

The Holy See is very grateful to the French government's relevant commitments and looks forward to other countries making corresponding commitments to reduce the harm caused by the war to the brothers and sisters of various countries.

In order to show support for the French government's goodwill behavior, the Holy See suggested that from now on, protected medical staff in warring countries can wear red cross signs, which have indicated their identity. Hospitals and other facilities should also set up obvious red cross signs for the warring parties to identify them.

The Holy See will organize medical staff to help both injured and sick people on both sides during the war. This move reflects Jesus’ love for mankind. The Holy See requires all parties to fight to protect the safety and dignity of medical staff organized by the Holy See.”

Through this joint statement, France and the Holy See put themselves down on their moral high ground. Now, any country that does not follow the joint statement of France and the Holy See will be automatically regarded as barbarians.

At the same time, the Holy See took a big step forward in turning to the establishment of a "charity empire".

At the same time, in North America, the situation of war has also begun to undergo tremendous changes.

Since France declared war on Britain, Louisiana quickly organized a volunteer army of up to 50,000 people and began to attack Canada. However, the French army's performance in this series of offensive operations was not good. General Arthur Wellesley's troops relied on defense to repel the French attacks many times.

However, tactical success did not change the strategic passivity. After these battles, the British army's supplies were already very tight, because the sea route was blocked and all kinds of crucial supplies could not be transported in. Therefore, the troops under General Arthur Wellesley's army are now seriously insufficient in ammunition.

At this moment, something even more deadly happened - the French-speaking guys in Quebec suddenly declared independence, announced their withdrawal from the war, and remained neutral in the war.

The British had actually prepared for the betrayal of these guys in Quebec. But being prepared does not mean that they can effectively deal with it. Although the guys in Quebec claimed that they would remain neutral, the British did not believe this at all. More importantly, Quebec controlled the waterways, and the change in their attitude made the British's logistics problems more prominent.

After Quebec was "neutral", French merchant ships immediately sailed into the St. Lawrence River and sent a large amount of supplies to Quebec. This made the British start to worry that Quebec's "neutrality" was actually just trying to prepare for hoarding materials that were enough to launch an attack.

As a result, the US military began to regroup and launched an attack on Canada again. They came from the East, while the "neutral" Quebec provided various conveniences to the US military, including selling them various supplies.
Chapter completed!