@arturoviaggia My years living in Rome bear that out. I think that the north’s proximity to Germanic countries makes it a little ashamed of popular devotion (outside of the shroud of Turin) in a way that the south is clearly not. Zwingli was just a little too close by in Zurich. 😉

My years living in Rome bear that out. I think that the north’s proximity to Germanic countries makes it a little ashamed of popular devotion (outside of the shroud of Turin) in a way that the south is clearly not. Zwingli was just a little too close by in Zurich. 😉

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