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The Papacy in Italy

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Pacific Press Publishing Association · Mountain View, California · Dec 1, 1909

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 36, No. 47.

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The Papacy in Italy.

A religious exchange tells us that monasticism is reviving in Italy. A member of the Italian Parliament recently showed that about one hundred monasteries are being created each year. It does not bode well for the new Italian nation — this return of the monastic orders; “for even Roman Catholics who are both intelligent and patriotic,” we are told, “are offended at the sight of lazy mendicant monastics.”