Vatican’s ‘Sexually Suggestive’ Nativity has Troubling Ties to Italy’s LGBT Activists

LifeSite News ^ | 12/20/17 | Diane Montagna

[Shark24]

Here’s my reply to ebbtide on the display after visiting St Peter’s square this week:

Yes we saw it and it is both underwhelming and condescending. The celebration of our Lord and Savior’s birth should be a time of “Joy to the world” not an opportunity for the social justice crowd to use Christmas for a cheap, in your face statement about the sufferings of a certain portion of mankind. Interesting enough, there were Swiss Guards just a few hundred feet from the display guarding an entrance to a private Vatican residence. What’s up with that? Why not let everyone in to do anything they want, huh?

I say this as Mrs. Shark24 just finished working long hours prior to arriving here managing two large parish Christmas projects at a homeless facility and also a family shelter where food and gifts for the guests (including toys for the children) where given out. It is what we do as Christians.

Since I was meeting my wife here from Abu Dhabi where I’ve been working for the last two months doing aerospace stuff out of a military base there (including flying flight test and training for our friends there), I am not letting anything “harsh my Xmas buzz” right now. Just hearing the beautiful church bells here during the day as opposed to the “call to prayer” from the other guys in the other place is enough to remind me of the wonderful graces we still receive from our Catholic Faith and they are more than ever, worth defending. God bless!

[Salvation]

Thanks for sharing.

[Shark24]

Welcome. For what it is worth, the Nativity Scene inside St Peter’s Basilica was still a traditional one. Well, off to Assisi today. Mrs. Shark24 is very excited.

[Salvation]

Enjoy! That should be a great visit. The first niche was invented by St. Francis.

[Paal Gulli]

75% of the art in the Vatican museums was created by sexual deviants, to include the paintings in the Sistine chapel in their entirely. That was one means (of many) the pervs had of buying indulgences back in the good old days.

[Jeff Chandler]

Those public service announcements are produced by Catholics Come Home, a wonderful organization. I acted in a few of their commercials.

[Biggirl]

Thank-you for sharing as well.

[Campion]

That was one means (of many) the pervs had of buying indulgences back in the good old days.

How's that? What exactly are you talking about?

If you're referring to Michaelangelo, he was paid in cash for that work, and used the money to buy groceries and pay the rent, much like you do.

[Shark24]

For those of you who would like a nice antidote to the St Peter's Square Nativity scene, here's a couple of pictures I took a few hours ago at St Francis' Basilica of their creche. Nuff said, God bless: They even cycle the lighting every minute or so to give a night view.

[marshmallow]

Beautiful.

Thank you.

[ebb tide]

Beautiful photos. Thanks.

[Marchmain]

While we’re clarifying, Michelangelo was not a homosexual. Somewhere along the way this became a popular myth in art world. Actually he was not much interested in either sex, his art taking all his physical and emotional energy.

However in that time and place (renaissance italy) there was a large number of gays in art, as now. An artist-friend of Michelangelo’s was very popular and known to get involved with young men, he was even nicknamed “Sodomo.”