On a block filled with boxy government buildings, an FBI field office and parked armored trucks, Holy Rosary Church in downtown Washington serves as a retreat to the old country for many in the area's Italian community.

Whether it's Sunday Mass conducted in Italian or an exchange of pleasantries between parishioners in a fellowship hall named Casa Italiana, visiting the Roman Catholic church can remind you of walking the streets of Rome.

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