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French protestors destroy infamous anti-Christian art
RSS Facebook April 18, 2011
Armed with hammers and screwdrivers, four protestors in Avignon destroyed a blasphemous 1987 photograph of a crucifix submerged in urine. Frederic Mitterand, the nation’s culture minister, denounced the act as an “attack on the freedom of creation.”
In an impassioned April 8 statement, Archbishop Jean-Pierre Marie Cattenoz had blasted local officials who permitted the display of the photograph in . Comparing the officials to Pontius Pilate, the prelate noted that they would not have tolerated the display of a similar photograph of the Qur’an.
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* Christian fundamentalists in France destroy "Piss Christ" artwork (Deutsche Press-Agentur)
* Une profanation d’un Christ en Croix dans un musée et sur la voie publique d’Avignon (Archdiocese of Avignon)