Evo's Gift To Pope Francisco....wow

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Evo gave the Pope as a present a Crucufix composed of a Hammer and Sickle with a Christ nailed onto it,,,! A Communist Cross

The Pope muttered :cool: That's No Good...!!

http://www.lanacion....-redes-sociales


el-papa-francisco-en-sudamerica-2062708w645.jpg
 
Evo gave the Pope as a present a Crucufix composed of a Hammer and Sickle with a Christ nailed pnto it,,,! A Communist Cross

The Pope muttered :cool: That's No Good...!!

http://www.lanacion....-redes-sociales


el-papa-francisco-en-sudamerica-2062708w645.jpg

Two discredited philosophies in the same photograph, but the amusement level is off the charts. The hammer and sickle, in principle at least, is idealistic.
 
My knee-jerk reaction:
1) Whatever you think of the Catholic face - a head of state altered probably the most important symbol of Christianity and presented it to the head of the faith. That's beyond bizarre.
2) And not only altered it - altered it with the symbols of a political system that has a not great history with that religion.. I'm trying to think - that's like handing CFK an Argentine flag with the British union jack tattooed on the sun.

But I will say a little research and while still a really bad idea IMO - it does seem there is a historical context to it.

[font=Guardian Text Egyptian Web']From the Guardian: "The crucifix was modelled on one owned by Luís Espinal, a Jesuit priest, journalist and leftwing activist who was murdered by paramilitaries in 1980, when Bolivia was under a dictatorship."[/font]
 
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