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When John Paul II the Great (expletive deleted) had the first Assisi meeting in 1986, I saw a photo of a pile of fine Italian crucifixes they had removed from various rooms (so as not to offend the non-Catholics that would use the rooms). No one ever explained what they eventually did with the crucifixes, but I would suppose they just burned them, since the photo showed them piled up haphazardly with no concern for protecting them from damage. These would have been antique, historical items of inestimable value, especially since they were from the grounds of St. Francis and his congregation. True Catholics all over the world would love to have been given any of them, but you know, giving them away would perhaps raise awareness that things were being changed in Assisi. Consequently, keeping it off the front page news and not distributing the "spoils" would serve the agenda of a subtle revolution that doesn't stir up the
opposition.
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The men who would do such a thing would have to have been possessed or else they were Freemasons.
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They could have covered the crucifixes up like it's the last 2 weeks of Lent, so they could then uncover them after the pagans went home. But obviously, they were using the Assisi I event as an EXCUSE to get rid of Tradition.
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In the place of priceless works of art from Sacred Tradition, new chapels (or should I say meeting halls) go for innovative concepts to shock the viewer (I guess) and set everyone off balance. The new guiding principle seems to be:
anything goes, so long as it is NOT what has been done in the past.