Journal 4, Entry 4-Reportage: "It's Hard to Be a Saint in Assisi"

The small church, surrounded by marble versions of prophets and gold crammed like caps on teeth, sits in the center. It's made of crude brick and is small enough to fit about eight people if they're not afraid of touching one another so they can hear the word of God. Outside of it in the cathedral that acts as a baroque lantern for the candle inside, there are rows of pews where people can sit as far away from each other as possible. Thomas and I were looking at the relics around us, he pointed out a guy in a windbreaker who was checking his phone. Windbreaker was looking at pictures of centerfolds.