ROME – Fans of TV’s “NCIS” know that the show’s hero, Leroy Jethro Gibbs, has a list of rules he imparts to agents on his team as a distillation of his long experience, ranging from “always carry a knife” to “never be unreachable.” Though I’ve never quite codified them, I suppose I’ve got a similar list of rules developed over the years about covering the Vatican. Personal favorites include “never assume cunning when incompetence will do”, and “better to be right than fast.”
Rule #1 for Vaticanologists: ‘Never forget the Vatican is in Italy’ | Crux Now
Rule #1 for Vaticanologists: ‘Never forget the Vatican is in Italy’ | Crux Now
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