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Italian Communist leaders in the past have made obeisances toward the church, but never to the extent that Berlinguer has His extraordinary statement was prompted by Bishop Luigi Bettazzi of Ivrea. After last year's national elections, in which the Communists increased their hold over the large city governments as well as 2,778 towns and villages, Bettazzi wrote an open letter to the secretary-general asking whether local Communist governments could be counted on to guarantee full respect for religion...