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Nel corso dei prossimi trentacinque anni l’Islam crescerà più in fretta di qualsiasi altra grande religione — cioè del 73% — e il numero dei musulmani nel mondo quasi raggiungerà quello dei cristiani, anche se quest’ultimo resterà ancora il “gregge” più folto.
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By Anthony Faiola / Stefano Pitrelli contributed to this report
NAPLES, Italy — Diego was the shy one in Father Silverio Mura’s class; a 13-year-old, olive-skinned and handsome, who spent his free time indoors watching cartoons. He walked to school alone in the shadow of Mount Vesuvius, stopping first to pray to a statue of the Virgin Mary in the rose garden in front of his apartment building.
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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.
Continua la lettura di Rome tries a new approach to deal with the world’s oldest profession