God bless Barnum and Bailey.Doesn't everybody love the circus? The Catholic Church sure does. In fact, the Diocese of Vittorio Veneto Vittorio Veneto (vēt-tô`ryō vānĕ`tō), town (1991 pop. 29,231), Venetia, NE Italy, in the Alpine foothills. It is a secondary industrial and commercial center and a spa. There, in Oct.–Nov. , Italy has an entire office dedicated to the pastoral care of circus workers. And throughout Italy there are at least 160 priests, religious, and laypeople lay·peo·ple or lay people pl.n. Laymen and laywomen. who minister to the circus world
Circus World was a theme park built north of Haines City, Florida in Polk County, on the east corner of the intersection of US 27 and Interstate 4. . "It is a world of profound Christian roots," Msgr. Piergiorgio Saviola, director of the Vittorio Veneto office, told Zenit news service. In January, Monte Carlo Monte Carlo (môNtā` kärlō`), town (1982 pop. 13,150), principality of Monaco, on the Mediterranean Sea and the French Riviera. , Monaco was host to an international Forum of Christian Organizations for the Pastoral Care of the Circus World and Amusement Parks, where Catholics had a large presence. Rumor has it Barbra Streisand was flown in to close the conference with a moving rendition of "Send in the Clowns," but official sources would neither confirm nor deny the story. |
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