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To Rome for a christening, which turned out to be a media event like no other. Although I am a failed Christian -- I refuse to turn the other cheek -- I have attended church ceremonies regularly, mostly for weddings and funerals, and not a small amount of baptisms. This one, however, was unique. It was the first time I've seen a priest at the altar signalling to a cardinal to get closer to Elle Macpherson so he could take a picture. For a moment I thought the priest might be a paparazzo in disguise, but no such luck. He was the real McCoy, a man of the Church, but I suppose celebrities nowadays impress even men of God.
Outside the beautiful and grand Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore there...
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