Tourist piece brought back from someones trip to Italy or an import or brought back after military service !! Same as all the little cuckoo clocks from the black forest in Germany !!
Many of those were brought home with soldiers !! Since early 1900`s items intended for export and sold outside of where made has to have country of origin !! That’s why it has “made in Italy” on the label !! McKinley Tariff act 1912,,I think !! Until WWII some just used the country of origin, but after 1940 or so most used the ” Made in” with country of origin name !! Your church is probably mid century or thereabout !!