Religious evangelism can kill:
A row has erupted between the Italian government and the Vatican over the
Vatican's
Vatican's radio transmitter facility on a vast site in the north of Rome,
and transmitting worldwide with Godlike power.
The Italian governments cited a report that shows leukaemia rates among
local children were six times higher than the average for Rome, and blamed
the Vatican for electromagnetic pollution.
The Vatican responded by insisting that it is not answerable to Italian
jurisdiction, as it has sole sovereignty over the massive antenna farm,
and besides, there is no evidence that such radiation caused harm, a claim
the Italian Environment Minister claimed was "incredible, serious and absurd".
Even if this is true, it won't be the first time innocents were sacrificed for
the greater good of spreading the Word of God to a fallen world; the
Children's Crusade may hold a useful precedent for the Vatican.
(via Leviathan)