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L\u2019Osservatore Romano continues its recent trend of weighing in on weird stuff <\/a>like the school nerd bursting into conversation among cheerleaders to talk about Star Wars trivia in a disquietingly loud tone of voice:<\/p>\n

His womanising and predilection for gunning down Britain\u2019s enemies may not make him the most Godly of characters, but L\u2019Osservatore Romano devoted an entire page and five articles in praise of the British spy in its Wednesday edition.<\/p>\n

As the new Bond film Skyfall opened in Italian cinemas, the Vatican paper of record said it was one of the best of the 23 Bond films that have been made since the franchise began 50 years ago.<\/p>\n

The paper stopped short of proclaiming 007 a Catholic hero, as it did with Homer Simpson two years ago, but it did laud the latest incarnation of Bond as being \u201cmore human, capable of being moved and of crying: in a word, more real\u201d.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Oh. Okay. Well. Thanks for that, L\u2019Osservatore Romano. We appreciate your contribution, much as we appreciated your conviction that Oasis\u2019 \u201cWhat\u2019s the Story, Morning Glory\u201d and \u201cRevolver\u201d (but not \u201cSergeant Pepper\u201d number among the 10 greatest rock albums of all time<\/a>. We look forward to further strange outbursts.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

L\u2019Osservatore Romano continues its recent trend of weighing in on weird stuff like the school nerd bursting into conversation among cheerleaders to talk about Star Wars trivia in a disquietingly loud tone of voice: His womanising and predilection for gunning down Britain\u2019s enemies may not make him the most Godly of characters, but L\u2019Osservatore Romano […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":92,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[27,39],"class_list":["post-39500","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-at-the-movies","tag-whiskey-tango-foxtrot"],"yoast_head":"\nMkay<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"L'Osservatore Romano continues its recent trend of weighing in on weird stuff like the school nerd bursting into conversation among cheerleaders to talk\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" 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