May's Postcard from Rome

May 5

The Italian idiomatic equivalent to “once in a blue moon”, ogni morte di papa, has the literal meaning “every time a Pope dies”.

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Wim Hance

May 5

Yes. I shall miss him.

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Beautifully written chronicle…GRAZIE!!

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Thanks for sharing this

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