In November 2016, he told liberoquotidiano.it that he impressed his future wife Emilia on her first visit to Verona by taking her to the Old Latin Mass.
To the question whether he is "ultra-Catholic" Fontana replied, “I try to be Catholic. It is not easy.”
Asked, if he likes Pope Francis, Fontana said, “Let’s say that I prefer Cardinal Burke.”
The Vatican would have preferred that the pro-gay, pro-abortion ex-Communists would have won the Italian elections.
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