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I like that the Catholic Church is less concerned with Italian politics, something it has done in a suffocating manner for years.

— Corrado Augias

Mi piace che la Chiesa Cattolica si occupi meno della politica italiana, cosa che per anni ha fatto in maniera asfissiante.

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From an interview by Monica Mondo at the TV programme Soul, Tv2000, 2 January 2016. Video available on Youtube.com.

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