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To: stripes1776
There is an old Italian saying: "In Italy EVERYONE follows the Church, one half with a candle, the other half with a club."

Then there is the great definition of "Italian Catholicism" from Evelyn Waugh: "Follow the heart, for there is always confession."

16 posted on 01/11/2009 7:44:39 PM PST by Clemenza (Red is the Color of Virility, Blue is the Color of Impotence)
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To: Clemenza
There is an old Italian saying: "In Italy EVERYONE follows the Church, one half with a candle, the other half with a club."

I guess the half with the club have clubbed enough to make a path for Islam. It looks to me that those Muslims in the piazza were blowing out candles.

Then there is the great definition of "Italian Catholicism" from Evelyn Waugh: "Follow the heart, for there is always confession."

If those Muslims are now Italian citizens, where does their heart lead? Oh well, Italy has the lowest birth rate in Europe. They might as well start building the minarets on that church in the background now. That is called city planning.

25 posted on 01/11/2009 10:20:27 PM PST by stripes1776 ("That if gold rust, what shall iron do?" --Chaucer)
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