Posted on 02/10/2017 5:39:47 PM PST by marshmallow
The Vatican did not comment on the posters
The Conference of Italian Bishops (CEI) has condemned “vulgar” posters critical of Pope Francis that appeared all over Rome at the weekend and expressed solidarity with the reformist pontiff. The anonymous posters, written in the local working-class ‘Romanesco’ dialect, picture a stern-faced Francis and allege a series of misuses of papal power, with the words: “Where’s your mercy?”
“Probably the best reply is silence,” the CEI said in a statement published on Tuesday in Catholic daily Avvenire. “But at the same time, it’s hard not to react to the denigration of the successor to St Peter who has been attacked in a vulgar way,” the statement continued.
“We re-extend to the Holy Father the solidarity and affection of our churches…and support his commitment to reforming the Church and bringing it in line with the teachings of the Gospel,” the statement added. Police have been hunting for mystery activists behind the flyposting, which continues a centuries-old Roman custom of criticisms of popes on the capital’s walls or monuments.
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Vulgar, but accurate?
Perhaps the bishops are over-refined, otherwise known as effete.
I thought the posters were hilarious, in addition to being spot on.
There is nothing in the text that is particularly vulgar, nor in the chosen photo.
The only thing in Rome that was vulgar was when someone in Rome painted a Superman-style superhero as Francis and everyone was okay with that. That would be vulgar, in the sense of tasteless and crass.
Well, I deplore their vulgar pope and their vulgar religion.
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