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Francis X. Rocca

The Italian bishops are complaining about a new business that sends images of Catholic saints to people’s cell phones, as substitutes for the traditional prayer cards. One bishop has called it a “blasphemous idea.”

No doubt the bishops’ counterparts in Spain are no more happy about this skit, which suggests yet another way in which information technology might transform Catholic devotion.

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