Odd Painting at ‘Papal Mass’: WHAT IS THIS?

Asking for a friend…

Odd Painting at ‘Papal Mass’:
WHAT IS THIS?

Today “Pope” Francis offered the Novus Ordo worship service in Šaštin, Slovakia, before returning to the Vatican (see our coverage of his press conference here).

Gracing the liturgical backdrop was a big artistic rendition of… well, we’re not exactly sure of what. But here’s what it looks like:

Surely one will be allowed to ask: Just what in the world is THAT supposed to be?

We see the upper torso of an unclothed man, quite muscular, bald, perhaps in early middle age. Is he perhaps the poor beggar of the Vatican’s 2017 harrowing Nativity scene (aka Frankie’s Horror Picture Show)?… READ MORE

Francis jokes about Jewish Woman receiving “Communion”, addresses Amoris Laetitia and Abortion

In-flight press conference from Slovakia…

Francis jokes about Jewish Woman receiving “Communion”, addresses Amoris Laetitia and Abortion

Today the false pope, Francis (Jorge Bergoglio), concluded his trip to Hungary and Slovakia. On his return flight aboard Airhead One, he held another one of his notorious press conferences, where he answers questions from journalists more or less spontaneously and candidly.

A full video of the 28-minute conference has been provided by Vatican News (Italian), with a full English transcript, available here:

Most of the tidbits came in his lengthy answer given to American journalist Gerard O’Connell, who asked:

You have often said we are all sinners, and that the Eucharist is not a reward for the perfect but a medicine and food for the weak.

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