When he took over his new parish three years ago, energetic Don Giuseppe Bon-insegna was well aware that he was a "missionary in the land of the faithless." The little village of Gaggio di Piano is the Reddest village in Bologna province, and Bologna province is the Reddest province in Italy. Only about 200 of Don Giuseppe's 3,000 parishioners were faithful Roman Catholics; the rest were more or less faithful Communists.
After the election last June, the 35-year-old priest felt more like a benighted missionary than ever. Though there was virtually no unemployment...
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