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By Tamara Lush / The Bulletin
May 31, 2009
ROME — On the stone steps of the 500-year-old Santa Maria del Popolo church, our tour group huddled around our guide in a tight circle.
“Come closer,” the guide said. We leaned in even more.
“Be really quiet inside,” he advised. He was holding a....