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Prior to 1911 the interior of the temples were not
photographed and published to the general public. What changed this?
a.
The Church
published to thwart the efforts of a member
b.
Pressure by the
public
c.
Pressure by the
media
d.
Pressure by the
government
Yesterday’s
answer:
(D) The Mafia
Once the decision was made to open a city to
missionary work [the reopening of the Italian Mission in 1965], the elders
adopted a strategy of meeting local power brokers to facilitate entry into the
community’s social and religious space. Missionaries sought to meet the mayor,
the local Catholic priest, and (in northern Italy) Communist leaders. Sometimes
these efforts led to unexpected encounters. In one southern city, upon inquiring
who could help find an apartment, the missionaries were told to go to the plaza
to meet “the employment counselor.” There they found a man “Like someone out of
the Godfather movie sitting in the park, drinking wine, people consulting him.
We explained our religion. He listened for a while, then he said, ‘OK—you’ll be
all right.’” A short time later someone appeared and informed them that “we
knew you were coming and Giuseppe said we should help out.” The missionaries
discovered later that their benefactor was one of the Mafia chieftains in town.
James A. Toronto, The “Wild West” of Missionary Work”
Reopening the Italian Mission, 1965-71, Journal
of Mormon History, Fall 2014, 8.
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