https://freerepublic.com/tag/franciscreche/ en-us Wed, 16 Dec 2020 22:58:58 GMT Focus Forum 15 https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/3916166/posts Petition to Pope: Dump ‘Darth Vader’ MangerVatican crib drops politically incorrect figures of blindfolded Jew, MuslimVATICAN CITY (ChurchMilitant.com) - Italian Catholics are petitioning Pope Francis to "bring back the traditional statues of Jesus, Mary and Joseph" after a universal tsunami of scorn and mockery swamped the Vatican's modernist manger in St. Peter's Square.Pope Francis has a more traditional manger in his library Social media commentators and even mainstream media — the latter normally sympathetic to Pope Francis — ridiculed the "monumental monstrosity of a manger," comparing the ceramic crib characters to Darth Vader from Star Wars and labeling it "a... Church Militant https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/3916166/posts#comment Wed, 16 Dec 2020 22:58:58 GMT