Posted on 03/22/2023 6:26:27 PM PDT by ebb tide
The Archdiocese of Mendoza, Argentina, repudiated the acts of violence that took place Monday afternoon against an art exhibition offensive to the Christian faith.
The exhibition, titled “#8M Visual Manifestos,” is being exhibited during the month of March at the Rector’s offfice of the National University of Cuyo for Women’s Month. “8M” stands for March 8, International Women’s Day.
Some of the exhibited works had drawn criticism among those who profess the Catholic faith and among Christians in general for their explicit blasphemous content.
One of them alludes to the crucifixion of Jesus represented by the body of a naked woman; another symbolizes female genitalia that simulates the silhouette of the Virgin Mary.
When the Social Ministry of the Archdiocese of Mendoza learned of the exhibition, the ministry repudiated it for carrying out “symbolic violence against Christian religious signs” and added that it “seriously offends” religious convictions.
Members of the educational community also spoke out and collected signatures for the exhibition to be removed from the university facilities.
On the afternoon of March 20, a group of people gathered to pray in the room where the exhibit was displayed and ended up trashing it.
In response to the vandalism, the Social Ministry of the Archdiocese of Mendoza issued a new statement, this time repudiating “this act of physical violence towards the works exhibited there.”
The ministry also expressed its solidarity “with the artists who saw the fruit of their work and effort damaged.”
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In response to the vandalism, the Social Ministry of the Archdiocese of Mendoza issued a new statement, this time repudiating “this act of physical violence towards the works exhibited there.”
The ministry also expressed its solidarity “with the artists who saw the fruit of their work and effort damaged.”
Ping
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Let’s see these “brave” artists do an exhibit that insults mohammedism.
Love it, this FREEDOM of expression. A little give and take. Why this treasured work of art has extreme value is a mystery to me.
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