According to Slate, Morales went on to explain that the gift is a replica of a carving that Spanish Jesuit priest, poet, and filmmaker Luis Espinal Camps made in the 1970s. Espinal was tortured and murdered in 1980 by the Bolivian dictatorship of the time; before the gift presentation the pope, a Jesuit himself, had prayed at the site where Espinal's body was found. A Vatican spokesman said that the pope was told that Espinal originally made the hammer-and-sickle crucifix in the spirit of dialogue between ideologies, not as an endorsement of Communism.
(ht Bryan Ripp)
(ht Bryan Ripp)
lol...this is a case where I couldn't make up a funnier fictional joke with a picture than the reality itself.
ReplyDeleteNot only that, but you can take the joke several ways...politically, financially, or a combination of the two-since they are always inter-related.
It's like a great piece of comedic art!
A Vatican spokesman said that the pope was told that Espinal originally made the hammer-and-sickle crucifix in the spirit of dialogue between ideologies, not as an endorsement of Communism.
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Let's really try to be inclusive of all the excellent 20th Century philosophies! It's only fair.
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