In 1905, in his encyclical Il fermo proposito , he allowed Catholics to vote when they were "helping the maintenance of social order" by voting for deputies who were not socialist.
Pada tahun 1905, dalam ensiklik Il fermo proposito (de; it; la) ia mengizinkan umat Katolik untuk memilih ketika mereka "membantu" pemeliharaan ketertiban sosial "dengan memilih para deputi yang bukan sosialis.