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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. What's the point of a heads up without an url? Honestly, you are hopeless... -- Lucifer the Unsubtle, EAC Librarian of Dark Tomes of Excessive Evil and General Purpose Igor The Anti-Theist, BAAWA Lowly Evilmeister and tamer of the Demon Duck of Doom Convicted by Earthquack "Don't worry, I won't bite.......hard" --- BBBS/LiI v4.01 Flag* Origin: Prism bbs (1:261/38) SEEN-BY: 633/267 5030/786 @PATH: 261/38 123/500 379/1 633/267 |
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