<p>Giovanni Santostasi wrote:</p>
<p>>One of the most catholic place in the world is Italy. <br>>But would you consider such a place anti-intellectual? It was the birthplace of Renaissance,<br>>Leonardo, Galileo....<br></p>
<p>It has been a place of great intellectual creativity, yes... But I have always thought of Italy as being a people with a love/hate relationship with their Church. And so Italians are not necessarily the most truly observant of Catholics.</p>
<p>John</p>
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