In the Risorgimento, the role played by the Pope was that he opposed it as being anti-religious.
The Risorgimento was a time when Italian states and people were trying to fight for an Italian unification into one city. They were led by the Kingdom of Piedmont-Sardinia under the leadership of Victor Emmanuel II and prime minister Count Camillo Benso Cavour.
To unite Italy, several Italian city-states would have to agree to come under the control of one central authority which meant that those city-states would lose their independence and power and some of those states were under the control of the Pope as papal states.
The Pope opposed the Risorgimento as being anti-religious because he believed that it would put Rome and the papal states under the control of Italy instead of the Church.
In conclusion, as regards the Risorgimento, the Pope opposed it as being anti-religious.
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