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Old 09-27-2012, 03:04 AM
 
Location: The Other California
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Back in May, Napa County officials decided to crack down on illegal Masses being said in the consecrated chapel of Castello di Amorosa. It seems the castle's owner had neglected to apply for a church permit. Although hundreds of people tour the castle daily, the rag tag band of "several dozen" traditionalist Catholics attending Mass in the chapel for an hour on Sundays was deemed to be outside the law.

That's bad enough.

What's far worse is that the castle's owner, Dario Sattui, is now advertising "fortune telling" in the chapel for a "Pagan Ball" to be held on October 27 - a grave sin and a sacrilege. The moat around Sattui's castle is deeper than his Catholicism, apparently.

I suppose that, for legal purposes, fortune telling is filed under "spiritual, not religious", so the county will give it a pass.
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Old 09-27-2012, 03:25 AM
 
Location: Declezville, CA
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Religion, fortune telling... both are cut from the same cloth.

Get it, cloth?
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Old 09-27-2012, 06:29 AM
 
Location: Everywhere and Nowhere
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I'd be up for a good pagan ball. I'm just curious though what "traditionalist Catholic mass" is considering the originals involved people sitting around a table in conversation, not much different than what you'd see today in the private dining area of a restaurant. All the incense and latin folderol came later.
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Old 09-27-2012, 10:34 AM
 
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Back in May, Napa County officials decided to crack down on illegal Masses being said in the consecrated chapel of Castello di Amorosa. It seems the castle's owner had neglected to apply for a church permit. Although hundreds of people tour the castle daily, the rag tag band of "several dozen" traditionalist Catholics attending Mass in the chapel for an hour on Sundays was deemed to be outside the law.

That's bad enough.

What's far worse is that the castle's owner, Dario Sattui, is now advertising "fortune telling" in the chapel for a "Pagan Ball" to be held on October 27 - a grave sin and a sacrilege. The moat around Sattui's castle is deeper than his Catholicism, apparently.

I suppose that, for legal purposes, fortune telling is filed under "spiritual, not religious", so the county will give it a pass.
Fortune telling is a business and at best entertainment. They may need a business License.
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Old 09-27-2012, 01:07 PM
 
Location: The Other California
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Fortune telling is a business and at best entertainment. They may need a business License.
For some people it's a very serious spiritual practice.

Fascinating, though, that the castle can legally have 50 people at a time in the chapel for fortune telling and daily tours, but not for celebrating Mass. Not sure how that's constitutional ...
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Old 09-27-2012, 01:30 PM
 
Location: SW MO
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For some people it's a very serious spiritual practice.

Fascinating, though, that the castle can legally have 50 people at a time in the chapel for fortune telling and daily tours, but not for celebrating Mass. Not sure how that's constitutional ...
Ya mean that pesky 14th Amendment 'bout about equal protection of the laws and all that rot?
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Old 09-27-2012, 01:39 PM
 
Location: The Other California
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Ya mean that pesky 14th Amendment 'bout about equal protection of the laws and all that rot?
There ya go.

And since we all believe in the incorporation doctrine nowadays, there's that little bit about not restricting the free exercise of religion ...
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Old 09-27-2012, 01:43 PM
 
Location: The Other California
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I guess tent revivals are illegal in Napa County?
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