Italian priest under fire for ‘blasphemous’ Nativity scene
December 27, 2023
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CWN Editor's Note: A Catholic priest in Capocastello di Mercogliano, Italy, has rouse controversy by setting up a Nativity scene in which the figure of St. Joseph is replaced by another female figure.
Father Vitaliano Della Sala said: “I wanted to show with this scene that families are no longer just the traditional ones.” The priest, who has a reputation for sympathy to homosexual activism, said that his gesture was in line with the thought of Pope Francis .
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