Italy Creates Blow-Up Church on the Beach


	Italy Creates Blow-Up Church on the Beach

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8-6-2008 6:02 PM

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                                        Blow-up church looks to lure beachgoers                </H1></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/beach_church_odd_dc"><P>
                        ROME (Reuters) - 
Catholic nuns and priests in <SPAN id="lw_1218039002_0" class="yshortcuts">Italy</SPAN> are 
following their flocks to the beach this summer, establishing 
an inflatable church and a beach-convent in the sands to lure 
sunbathers.                        
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 The 30-metre (98 ft) long blow-up church -- staffed by 
priests ready to take confession -- will debut on Saturday on 
the Adriatic coast in the Molise region, an organizer said.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/beach_church_odd_dc"><P>
 "There will be four or five people singing, with music 
about God," said Chiara Facci with Catholic group Sentinelli 
del Mattino. Night time activities, which will not include 
Mass, will run from 10 p.m. to 1 a.m.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/beach_church_odd_dc"><P>
 The first attempt to inaugurate the inflatable church last 
month on the holiday island of <SPAN id="lw_1218039002_1" class="yshortcuts">Sardinia</SPAN> failed after strong 
winds forced organizers to relocate, she said.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/beach_church_odd_dc"><P>
 Big cities like <SPAN id="lw_1218039002_2" class="yshortcuts">Rome</SPAN> and Milan empty in August, when 
Italians head to the beach for summer holidays, leaving streets 
empty and many businesses closed. Churches are hardly immune, 
and also see their congregations thin.</P></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/6F1BA5EB-8F13-436F-B953-231D2DD01F0A/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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