International dispute breaks out in Rome over ownership of Spanish Steps and iconic churches
ROME – While Pope Francis was out of town in Asia and Oceania, a mini-tempest erupted in Rome after a French court appeared to assert that France, not Italy or the Vatican, actually owns not only the Church of the Trinità dei Monti in the city’s famed Piazza di Spagna, but also the famed 135-step The post International dispute breaks out in Rome over ownership of Spanish Steps and iconic churches appeared first on Catholic Herald.
ROME – While Pope Francis was out of town in Asia and Oceania, a mini-tempest erupted in Rome after a French court appeared to assert that France, not Italy or the Vatican, actually owns not only the Church of the Trinità dei Monti in the city’s famed Piazza di Spagna, but also the famed 135-step
The post International dispute breaks out in Rome over ownership of Spanish Steps and iconic churches appeared first on Catholic Herald.
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