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"Bless me Father", the boy said, "For I have sinned. I have been with another boy."
The priest asked, "Is that you, Giovanni Parisi?"
"Yes, Father, it is."
"And who was the boy you were with?"
"I can't tell you, Father. I don't want to out him."
"Well, Giovanni, I'm sure to find out his name sooner or later, so you may as well tell me now."
No response.
"Was it Riccardo Minetti?"
"I cannot say."
"Was it Giacomo Volpe?"
"I'll never tell."
"Was it Franco Cappelli?"
"I'm sorry, Father, but I will not name him."
"Was it Pietro Piriano?"
"My lips are sealed."
"Was it Vincenzo Di Angelo, then?"
"Please, Father, I cannot tell you."
The priest sighs in frustration. "You're very tight lipped, Giovanni Parisi and I admire that. But you've sinned and have to atone. You cannot attend church services for four months. Now you go and behave yourself."
Giovanni walks back to his pew, and his friend Nino slides over and
whispers, "What'd you get?"
"Four months vacation and five good leads..."
The paradox has often been noted that the United States, founded in secularism, is now the most religiose country in Christendom, while England, with an established church headed by its constitutional monarch, is among the least. (Richard Dawkins, 2006)
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