Word: letizia
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...home. In a country where husbands often leave churchgoing to their women, the scene is not unusual-except for one thing. The man is Enrico Berlinguer, secretary-general of Italy's Communist Party and an atheist who nonetheless is willing to accommodate the steadfast faith of his wife Letizia...
...teenager. Yet this leader of the proletariat is customarily addressed by fellow Sardinians on vacation trips home as "Don Enrico" because of the family's prestige. As a Communist and atheist, Berlinguer ought to be a rigorous enemy of the powerful Italian Catholic Church. His wife Letizia is a practicing Catholic, and Berlinguer himself has consistently sought an understanding with the Vatican. Although he has fashioned the P.C.I, into Italy's most vibrant political party, Berlinguer himself is quiet and withdrawn. "He's a good comrade," a fellow party leader once quipped, "but not very comradely...