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echo: r_catholic
to: Sound of Trumpet
from: Lucifer
date: 2007-03-20 13:00:36
subject: Re: From Progressive Europe: Pornographic Images Of Christ, Virgin Mary

From: "Lucifer" 

On Mar 19, 11:34 pm, "Sound of Trumpet"
 wrote:
> http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/1801443/posts
>
> Spanish bishops denounce blasphemous pornographic catalogue
>
> Catholic News Agency ^ | March 15, 2007
>
> Posted on 03/15/2007 12:20:44 PM PDT by NYer
>
> Madrid, Mar 15, 2007 / 08:44 am (CNA).- Archbishop Santiago Garcia of
> Merida-Badajoz and Bishop Amadeo Rodriguez of Plasencia have strongly
> denounced the tax-payer funded publication of a catalogue containing
> pornographic images of Christ, the Virgin Mary and the Saints.
>
> Archbishop Garcia issued a statement on the publications called
> "Sanctorum" and "In Breeding" by photographer
J.A.M Montoya and
> supported by officials in the region of Exremadura, saying they
> "profoundly and gravely harm the religious sentiments of Christians."
>
> The archbishop called it regrettable that local officials would
> support the publication of pornographic, insulting, and blasphemous
> images. "I wish to make known my radical disagreement and profound
> disgust for this inexcusable act that does not contribute in any way
> to the cultural enrichment of our people, the education of our young
> people, and the well-deserved positive image of Extremadura," he
> stated.
>
> Bishop Rodriguez issued his own statement condemning the publication
> as an offense against "the most beloved and sacred aspects of our
> Catholic religion, the person of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Son of
> God, and his Most Holy Mother."
>
> He said that responsibility for the photos falls not only on their
> creator, "but also on those who promote them, who show them, and even
> those who use them for reasons unrelated to the faith."
>
> He called on Catholics and people of good will to express their
> repulsion of such photos, "because they offend the holy realities of
> our religion and also because they are completely foreign and
> extraneous to our culture."
>
> The photos represent a painful rupture with Spain's artistic
> patrimony, he stressed, which always found its greatest source of
> inspiration in images of the faith.


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