Posted on 12/10/2022 6:23:26 PM PST by marshmallow
To Catholic MEP Isabel Benjumea, the manger scene is 'the most beautiful way to preach the Gospel.'
BRUSSELS, Belgium (LifeSiteNews) –European Parliament is displaying a nativity scene this year for the first time in its history after its former president deemed it could offend non-Christians.
Spanish Catholic Isabel Benjumea has aspired to install a creche at the Brussels-based headquarters since 2019, when she was elected Member of the European Parliament (MEP). It was not until this year that Benjumea had the support of Roberta Metsola, who was elected as president in January.
While Benjumea ran up against bureaucratic red tape and deadlines in 2019, the following year her request was denied by the Office of the President of the Parliament — at the time leftist David Sassoli — because the nativity scene was considered “potentially offensive.”
“Is it offensive to enter the Prado Museum and see the wonderful works of Fra Angelico, Caravaggio or Velázquez when they exhibit the Annunciation, the Adoration of the Kings, or the Nativity? Is it offensive to remind Europeans that on December 25 what is celebrated is the birth of Jesus of Nazareth?” Benjumea replied.
She further declared that European Parliament “cannot fall into the trap of considering it offensive to remember that what we celebrate at Christmas is the birth of Christianity,” or “the trap that the left constantly poses to us, wanting to feel offended by reaffirming something as simple as the historical legacy of Europe.”
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Romans 14:11 ~ “For it is written, As I live, saith the Lord, every knee shall bow to me, and every tongue shall confess to God.”
If they don’t know or believe this now, they will one day.
They’ll turn the lights off as soon as the wind turbines stop rotating and the solar panels are in the dark. The manger scene will be the first item to be burned for heat and the Holy Family and wise men soon follow . Farm animals will be displayed with reference for the rest of Christmas season. Trump will be maligned while a request for more financial aid from the US is drawn up.
Same old song and dance routine.
Frohe Weihnachten
WTH are you talking about anyway? Are you high on spiked fruitcake or what?
with armed guards... right???
I honestly don’t believe anyone is actually offended by these things.
It’s just a claim they make to manipulate others into caving to their childish demands.
Very true.
True indeed.
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