Vacation in Rome
Posted by: JesterWhile on vacation in Rome, a man noticed a marble column in St. Peter’s Cathedral with a golden telephone on it.
As a young priest passed by, the man asked who the telephone was for.
The priest told me it was a direct line to heaven, and if he’d like to call, it would be a thousand dollars. The man was amazed, but he declined the offer.
Throughout Italy, he kept seeing the same golden telephone on a marble column. At each, telephone, he asked about it and the answer was always the same: It was a direct line to heaven and one could call for a thousand dollars.
A year later, the same man was on vacation in Ireland.
He decided to attend Mass at a local village church. When he walked in the door, he noticed a familiar golden telephone on a marble column. Underneath it there was a sign stating: “Direct Line to Heaven: 25 cents.”
“Father,” the man asked the parish priest. “I have been all over Italy and in all the cathedrals I visited, I’ve seen telephones exactly like this one. But the price is always a thousand dollars. Why is it that this one is only 25 cents?”
The priest smiled and said, “You’re in Ireland now. It’s a local call.”
