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- GRAPEVINE, Page 17Charity Does Not Begin at Church
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- By JANICE CASTRO
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- The Roman Catholic archdiocese in Turin, Italy, has
- stirred up a fuss by printing signs for all its churches in an
- effort to drive away beggars. Printed in Italian as well as
- Arabic -- the language of many of the city's poor -- the signs
- read, in part: We don't want to buy useless, superfluous goods,
- or see you begging. Explains Father Gianni Sangalli: "Every
- Sunday large crowds of immigrants gather at the doorstep of many
- churches in Turin asking for charity or peddling useless
- objects."
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