Sweet Jesus

The Associated Press - A planned Holy Week exhibition of a nude, anatomically correct chocolate sculpture of Jesus Christ was canceled Friday after Cardinal Edward Egan and other outraged Catholics complained ...

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STATEMENT OF CARDINAL EGAN ON JESUS "STATUE"

March 30, 2007

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: MARCH 30, 2007

STATEMENT OF CARDINAL EGAN, ARCHBISHOP OF NEW YORK

"The media have reported that a so-called "work of art," manifestly intended to offend the Christians of our community, will be displayed during Holy Week in the Roger Smith Hotel in Manhattan. It is a scandalous carving of Jesus Christ allegedly made out of chocolate. What the Roger Smith Hotel would hope to achieve by this sickening display, no one seems to know. The Catholic community is alerted to this offense of our faith and sensitivities. This is something we will not forget."

From ABC News - The hotel and the gallery were overrun Thursday with angry phone calls and e-mails about the exhibit. Semler said the calls included death threats over the work of artist Cosimo Cavallaro, who was described as disappointed by the decision to cancel the display.

"In this situation, the hotel couldn't continue to be supportive because of a fear for their own safety," Semler said.

The troubling aspect of this was how Cardinal Egan's (as a Catholic 'authority' figure) 'alert' contributed directly to the atmosphere leading to death threats. So much for his (and the Catholic Church's) moral code. (Again.)

But I'm all in favor of Cardinal Eqan quitting his job and becoming an art critic.

Or perhaps:
"Civilization will not attain to its perfection until the last stone from the last church falls on
the last priest." - Émile Zola


April 2, 2007

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