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Chapter 34

           HeremindedthemthatprevioustemperingofChurchlawtheVaticanIIfiascohadleftadevastatinglegacy:Churchattendancewasnowlowerthanever,donationsweredryingup,andtherewerenotevenenoughCatholicprieststopresideovertheirchurches.

           PeopleneedstructureanddirectionfromtheChurch,Aringarosainsisted,notcoddlingandindulgence!

           Onthatnight,monthsago,astheFiathadlefttheairport,AringarosawassurprisedtofindhimselfheadingnottowardVaticanCitybutrathereastwardupasinuousmountainroad.«Wherearewegoing?»hehaddemandedofhisdriver.

           «AlbanHills,»themanreplied.«YourmeetingisatCastelGandolfo.»

           ThePope’ssummerresidence?Aringarosahadneverbeen,norhadheeverdesiredtoseeit.InadditiontobeingthePope’ssummervacationhome,thesixteenth-centurycitadelhousedtheSpeculaVaticanatheVaticanObservatoryoneofthemostadvancedastronomicalobservatoriesinEurope.AringarosahadneverbeencomfortablewiththeVatican’shistoricalneedtodabbleinscience.Whatwastherationaleforfusingscienceandfaith?UnbiasedsciencecouldnotpossiblybeperformedbyamanwhopossessedfaithinGod.Nordidfaithhaveanyneedforphysicalconfirmationofitsbeliefs.

           Nonetheless,thereitis,hethoughtasCastelGandolfocameintoview,risingagainstastar-filledNovembersky.Fromtheaccessroad,Gandolforesembledagreatstonemonsterponderingasuicidalleap.

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