Can someone summarize this for me?
Source: Pope Innocent X, papal declaration in response to the treaty of Westphalia, 1648
Consumed by zeal for the house of the Lord, we endeavor everywhere to maintain the integrity and the authority of the Catholic Church, so that the ecclesiastical rights of which we have been appointed guardian by our Savior shall not in any way be impaired by those who seek their own interest rather than God’s, and that we may not be accused of negligence when we shall render account to God. Accordingly it is not without deep pain that we have learned that by several articles in the peace concluded at [Westphalia], between our very dear son in Christ, Ferdinand, king of the Romans and emperor elect, on the one hand, and the Swedes, as well as our very dear son in Jesus Christ, Louis, the very Christian king of the French, on the other, great prejudice has been done to the Catholic religion, the divine service, the Roman apostolic see, the ecclesiastical order, their jurisdictions, authority, immunities, liberties, exemptions, privileges, possessions, and rights... Accordingly we assert and declare that all the articles in the treaty which in any way impair...the Catholic religion, divine worship, or the salvation of souls....have been, and are of right, and shall perpetually be, null and void...even when they be ratified by oath.
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