... by attacking art. Italian museum boss, Corinne Diserens, sacked after leaping to defend a crucified frog.
Pope Benedict XVl took offence while on summer holiday in the mountains near Bolzano, describing the work as blasphemous. The Vatican sent a letter in the Pope’s name to Franz Pahl, the president of the Trentino-Alto Adige regional council (who also opposed the sculpture), saying that it “wounds the religious sentiments of so many people who see in the Cross the symbol of God’s love”.
Tough. We nonbelievers have our sentiments wounded every day and we deal with it.
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