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Carlo Crivelli bounds into history with an entry in the ledger of the Venetian court, which on March 7, 1457, fined him 200 lire and sentenced him to six months in prison. The sentence was not particularly harsh, for Crivelli, it seems, had abducted a married lady named Tarsia and kept her hidden in his brother's house for months. The court records refer to him as a painter, and historians think that he may have been about 25 at the time. But aside from this adventure in "abduction, adultery and concubinage," the few scraps known about Crivelli indicate...
...Italy's new prosperity are the main cause of the vocation gap. As Don Luigi Noli, who is in charge of vocations for the Genoa diocese, puts it: "Young people today think they know how to live. Before they're 18 they expect to earn 100,000 lire [$160] a month. How can you persuade them to become priests...
Established in 1955 by Don Giacomo Alberione, now 75, founder of the Society of St. Paul, a progressive order that uses such modern means as movies, radio and TV to spread the word of Christ, Cosi competes on nonsecular terms. By its low price-Cosi sells for 50 lire (8?), about half the going rate-and by a vigorous door-to-door selling campaign, the Daughters of St. Paul say they have pushed the magazine's circulation to 300,000, respectably close to the two leaders in the crowded Italian women's field, Grazia and Annabella, each with...
...about a young man, neither bad nor good but bored and alone, who meets two sisters, both whores, in a bar. The older sister balks at taking the young man back to her home ("Home is a sacred place," she says) and agrees only after a promise of additional lire. But during the tram ride to their destination, the younger girl chatters bawdily about her trade. When they reach home, the older prostitute angrily accuses the younger one of shaming her in front of her neighbors on the tram. The party breaks up. A little disappointed, but not much affected...
...from 133 to 100, and the Vatican introduced some morale-boosting changes. Pay will be raised from an average $70 a month to about $112. Some noncoms, as well as officers, may now marry, and officers' wives need no longer bring a dowry of 50,000 lire ($80). One surprising innovation: guards may now act as guides in their spare time, engage in other "cultural" activities, provided they are not "indecorous...