Complex sentence: This view seems to have been widely held at the time, judging from the reaction of Herbert Cardinal Vaughan, Roman Catholic Archbishop of Westminster: he was somewhat surprised that the pope's decision was so well received in England.
Split into simpler sentences: This view seems to have been widely held at the time, judging from the reaction of Herbert Cardinal Vaughan, Roman Catholic Archbishop of Westminster. He was somewhat surprised that the pope's decision was so well received in England.