By Anthony Faiola / Stefano Pitrelli contributed to this report

ROME — The Eternal City is colliding with the world’s oldest profession — and the sparks, as they say, are flying.

The ranks of streetwalkers have surged here in the heart of Catholicism, a swell that Rome’s officials are decrying as a stain on the dignity of the city’s citizens. But in a town of sinners as well as saints, outright bans on selling sex have failed before, leaving city authorities to put their faith in a new approach.

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