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"Paris is worth a Mass," said Henry of Navarre, when he foreswore his Protestant faith in order to capture the French throne at the end of the 16th century.(The Week)(Brief article)

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"Paris is worth a Mass," said Henry of Navarre, when he foreswore his Protestant faith in order to capture the French throne at the end of the 16th century. Most French Catholics were pleased by his conversion, though Francois Ravaillac, a Catholic zealot, assassinated him in 1610. There are a lot of conservative Ravaillacs in this election cycle. Was Mayor Giuliani soft on illegal immigration? Was Governor Romney pro-choice? It is necessary to ...

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