The Post Dispatch displays its self-righteousness again...

...in an article critical of Archbishop Burke - for shopping at Annibale Gammarelli's shop in Rome when he was there last week.

Perhaps, the Post intended to be comical?

SO ENCHANTED were we by reporter Tim Townsend's description of Annibale Gammarelli's Roman tailor shop in last Saturday's Post-Dispatch that we wanted to buy something from there.

After all, if Gammarelli's is good enough for the popes of the last 160 years, and if St. Louis Archbishop Raymond L. Burke shops there - he finds the tailoring "very reliable," he told Mr. Townsend - then it's good enough for us.
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But what if, like Archbishop Burke, one was in the market for a Gammarelli cassock, that long tunic-like garment worn by priests, bishops and altar boys? At Catholic Supply Co. in St. Louis, you can pick up a polyester-and-cotton model for $59.95, but at Gammarelli's, the popular choice is the $600 33-button model in worsted wool.

Still, as Archbishop Burke noted, the tailoring is very reliable, and Italian menswear costs an arm and a leg. After all, you can get a suit at Men's Wearhouse for $125, or you can buy an Armani for a couple grand. It depends on your priorities.

Apparently, someone at the Post-Dispatch is unaware that quality costs money. Perhaps, with its prolific investigative skills, the Post can provide us list of other shops who offer similar articles of clothing as that of the Gammarelli shop.

Article here.