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MR says: The LDS Church has moved from a charity to a church, enabling it to do things like perform marriage ceremonies among other things.
All that remains is the signature of Italy's president, and the LDS Church will be recognized officially as a “partner of the state.”This week the Italian Senate approved the Utah-based faith's push for an “Intesa con lo Stato,” the culmination of a decades-long effort to successfully establish relations with the Italian government.
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