There's only one message for that black and white pattern to be appropriate.
Posted on 01/02/2025 7:17:29 AM PST by Pontiac
Pope Francis presided over his weekly general audience Wednesday alongside a Palestinian-crafted Nativity scene that was missing its eyebrow-raising signature element: a keffiyeh-draped manger holding the infant Jesus.
The wooden Nativity scene in the Vatican’s main audience hall had generated headlines when it was unveiled Dec. 7 because of the presence of the keffiyeh, the black-and-white checkered headscarf that has become a potent symbol of the Palestinian cause.
This year, the Nativity scenes were made by Bethlehem-based artisans. Representatives of the Palestinian Embassy to the Holy See, as well as special representatives of Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas, had been on hand at the Vatican that day for the unveiling.While it is tradition in the Vatican for the infant Jesus to only be placed in the manger on Dec. 24, when Catholics celebrate the birth of Jesus, often the mangers remain in the scenes empty until that date.
The Christ figure had apparently been placed in the manger on Dec. 7 to show off the finished product while the donors, artisans and pope were there to see it.
A Palestinian official said the Vatican had removed the keffiyeh without explanation, and it was unclear whether it would be restored on Dec. 24.
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But at least they corrected the error without comment.
Catholic ping
There’s a sordid history of Vatican decorations. Almost as if the companies they hire are run by satanists.
Not a surprise involving the world’s first Islamic Pope
Corrected.
Can’t remember the year. Maybe 2020. They had some bizarre, unsettling, “alien astronaut” Nativity display. Creepy as hail.
it was absolutely morally DISGUSTING and made us want to PUKE!
this pope defames Jesus while glorifying Fakestinian terrorist murder gangsters. It is sacrilege. He must be replaced ASAP!!!
YUCK!
ANTI Pope, POS evil tool of satan. NOT the Pope.
Pope genuflects to those who try to rewrite history making Jesus a palestinian refugee
There's only one message for that black and white pattern to be appropriate.
Yup. A wolf in clerical clothing
I don’t have a “Catholic “ping. Ask ebb tide.
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