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Perhaps the great impact of the Papacy on Italy and beyond was on religious belief. The increasing secular outlook and policies of the Pope were viewed with disgust and outrage by many religious people, especially outside Italy.<ref> Duffy, Eamon. <i>[https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0300206127/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0300206127&linkCode=as2&tag=dailyh0c-20&linkId=1d87d8482b2ccfba05039944a61b1172 Saints and Sinners: A History of the Popes].</i> Yale University Press, 1997), p. 211</ref> Many people in Christendom were worried that if the Pope was corrupt, was the church also corrupt and what did this mean for their salvation. <ref>Duffy, p. 334</ref> The Church at this period needed reform, all over Europe. Successive Popes did not attempt to reform the clergy as they were too preoccupied with their interests in Italy and especially in the Papal States. The lives of the Popes scandalized many and led to many becoming disenchanted with the Catholic Church. Prior to the Counter-Reformation religious observance was lax and the Inquisition which was found to enforce Church doctrine, fell into abeyance.<ref> Duffy, p. 335</ref>