For God’s sake, let saints be praised, go forth and multiply

OUR Roman taxi driver was talkative and his view of the Church was negative.

“The Pope, yes, he ees a good man,” he conceded. “It’s the people around him that ees the problem.”

He went on: “The priests say they are poor but (here he wagged a finger while he flicked cigar ash out the window) look at all these fancy churches.”