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THE ANTI-SWINE FLU HOLY WATER DISPENSER
Reporting by Eleanor Biles; Writing by Philip Pullella;
Editing by Louise Ireland
Reuters
November 9, 2009

http://www.reuters.com/article/oddlyEnoughNews/idUSTRE5AA3NN20091111

ROME - An Italian inventor has combined faith and ingenuity to come up with
a way to keep church traditions alive for the faithful without the fear of
contracting swine flu -- an electronic holy water dispenser.

The terracotta dispenser, used in the northern town of Fornaci di Briosco,
functions like an automatic soap dispenser in public washrooms -- a
churchgoer waves his or her hand under a sensor and the machine spurts out
holy water.

"It has been a bit of a novelty. People initially were a bit shocked by this
technological innovation but then they welcomed it with great enthusiasm and
joy. The members of this parish have got used to it," said Father Pierangelo
Motta.

Catholics entering and leaving churches usually dip their hands into fonts
full of holy water -- which has been blessed by a priest -- and make the
sign of the cross.

But fear of contracting the H1N1 virus has led many in Italy -- where some
15 people have died of swine flu -- not to dip their hands in the communal
water font.

"It's great," said worshipper Marta Caimm as she entered the church. "Thanks
to this we are not worried about catching swine flu. It is the right thing
for the times," she said.

Luciano Marabese, who invented the dispenser, said he did so out of concern
that fear of swine flu was eroding traditions.

And he is now blessing himself all the way to the bank.

"After all the news that some churches, like Milan's cathedral, were
suspending the use of holy water fonts as a measure against swine flu,
demands for my invention shot to the stars. I have received orders from all
over the world," he said.

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