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Vatican unveils controversial creche in St. Peter’s Square

December 11, 2020

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CWN Editor's Note: The Vatican has provoked a heated controversy with the unveiling of this year’s creche scene in St. Peter’s Square, with large cylindrical ceramic figures from Italy’s FA Grue Art Institute. The figures, which are not in human form, feature geometric shapes that have prompted some observers to liken them to Lego blocks.

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  • Posted by: damian.lenshek2193 - Dec. 14, 2020 10:34 AM ET USA

    Who is responsible for decisions about the creche?

  • Posted by: grateful1 - Dec. 11, 2020 10:07 PM ET USA

    What a sacrilege. May it meet the same end as the pachamamas.

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