▁audience ▁Pav eli ć ▁visited ▁Rome ▁on ▁ 1 8 ▁May ▁ 1 9 4 1 ▁to ▁sign ▁a ▁treat y ▁with ▁M uss ol ini ▁grant ing ▁Italy ▁control ▁over ▁several ▁Cro at ian ▁cities ▁and ▁districts ▁on ▁the ▁Dal mat ian ▁coast . ▁While ▁in ▁Rome , ▁P ius ▁subsequently ▁rel ented , ▁allowing ▁a ▁half - hour ▁private ▁audience ▁with ▁Pav eli ć ▁in ▁May ▁ 1 9 4 1 . ▁In ▁the ▁ 1 8 3 1 ▁pap al ▁b ull ▁Sol licit udo ▁E cc les iar um , ▁Pope ▁Gregory ▁XVI ▁had ▁drawn ▁a ▁clear ▁distinction ▁between ▁de ▁fact o ▁recognition ▁and ▁de ▁j ure , ▁saying ▁that ▁the ▁church ▁would ▁negoti ate ▁with ▁de ▁fact o ▁govern ments , ▁but ▁that ▁was ▁not ▁an ▁end ors ement ▁of ▁either ▁their ▁legit im acy ▁or ▁policies . ▁So on ▁afterwards , ▁Abb ot ▁Giuseppe ▁Ram iro ▁Mar con e ▁was ▁appointed ▁apost ol ic ▁leg ate ▁to ▁Zag reb . ▁The ▁minutes ▁of ▁a ▁meeting , ▁taken ▁by ▁V at ican ▁Under ▁Secretary ▁of ▁State ▁Mont ini ▁( l ater ▁Pope ▁Paul ▁VI ), ▁ ▁noted ▁that ▁no ▁recognition ▁of ▁the ▁new ▁state ▁could ▁come ▁before ▁a ▁peace ▁treat y ▁and ▁that ▁" the ▁Holy ▁See ▁must ▁be ▁im partial ; ▁it ▁must ▁think ▁of ▁all ; ▁there ▁are ▁C athol ics ▁on ▁all ▁sides ▁to ▁whom ▁the ▁[ H oly ▁See ] ▁must ▁be ▁respect ful ." ▁Ph ayer ▁wrote ▁that ▁just ▁after ▁becoming ▁dict ator