Tuesday, March 06, 2007

Roman Garage Worship

Churches are empty in the heart of Rome, while worshippers in suburbs pray in garages.

It's a situation that has been confounding the Diocese of Rome, the very heart of the Roman Catholic world: The magnificent churches of the city center serve more as museums than houses of prayer, while many among the burgeoning throngs of the faithful in the scrappy outskirts of town are forced to worship in garages, former grocery stores, or prefab buildings.

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