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A portrait of Pope Benedict XVI made
from condoms will be on display in a
Milwaukee art museum. The piece
has spurred conversations about
free speech, religion and provocative
art. Artist Niki Johnson has used the
attention to advocate for more
conversations around safe sex
(CNN). An artwork made from nearly
17,000 condoms is sure to attract
attention. When those condoms
create a portrait of Pope Benedict
XVI, the former leader of the Roman
Catholic Church, it is sure to attract
controversy.
Catholic leaders are criticizing the
Milwaukee Art Museum's decision to
display "Eggs Benedict," a portrait of
Benedict made by weaving the
condoms through a mesh grating.
The artwork by Niki Johnson will go
on display in November and has
ignited a debate about religious
doctrine -- the Catholic Church
opposes contraceptives -- and
freedom of expression.
Jerome Listecki, archbishop of
Milwaukee, complained in his weekly
newsletter that the portrait relies on
the notion of "radical individualism"
exercised without license.
"We have lost the sense of sacred
and in so doing, everything becomes
profane and is subjected to our own
individual appreciation," he wrote.
Niki Johnson created this portrait of
Pope Benedict XVI from nearly
17,000 condoms."An artist who
claims his or her work is some great
social commentary and a museum
that accepts it ... (and) insults a
religious leader of a church whose
charitable outreach through its
missionaries and ministers has
eased the pain of those who suffer
throughout the world, must
understand the rejection of this local
action by the believers who
themselves have been insulted."
Critics have questioned whether the
museum would display a similar
piece that Muslims or Jews would
find offensive.
Museum Director Dan Keegan said
he has received complaints from
about a dozen members, although
the majority oppose censorship of
artistic expression and are interested
in seeing the artwork.
"Our hope is that the piece will bring
not only controversy, but room for
conversation -- about the underlying
discussion the artist intended as well
as regarding the role of art in public
discussion," Keegan said in an email.
A spokeswoman said the Milwaukee
museum has sold a record a number
of memberships in recent days.

Pope Benedict is the author of gay marriage. He made Obama president of America in exchange for Homosexualism.

where are the photos?

without religions this planet would be a paradise.

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You well at all?

starlingslimnet:
Pope Benedict is the author of gay marriage. He made Obama president of America in exchange for Homosexualism.

wordcat:
You well at all?

Sorry bro you can't understand the tongue with which I speak... it's meant for the elect of God.

starlingslimnet:
Sorry bro you can't understand the tongue with which I speak... it's meant for the elect of God.

The 24 Elders you mean

Don't even know you're one them

wordcat:

The 24 Elders you mean
Don't even know you're one them

Keep calm and learn.

starlingslimnet:
Pope Benedict is the author of gay marriage. He made Obama president of America in exchange for Homosexualism.

try to make research before you start talking trash, Benedict had no deal with Obama relating to homosexuality. The pope doesn't install the president of America, he is not the electorate.

And for the record, pope benedict, was and is against homosexual union.



On the topic, they should try the same with muslims and see the reaction.

Freedom of expression doesn't mean you go about provoking others.

Ubenedictus:


try to make research before you start talking trash, Benedict had no deal with Obama relating to homosexuality. The pope doesn't install the president of America, he is not the electorate.

And for the record, pope benedict, was and is against homosexual union.



On the topic, they should try the same with muslims and see the reaction.

Freedom of expression doesn't mean you go about provoking others.

I laugh anticlockwisely. You can never understand things.

starlingslimnet:
Keep calm and learn.

From Socrates

starlingslimnet:
I laugh anticlockwisely. You can never understand things.

even a mad man believes the sane ones just don't understand. It all in your mind.

Pope Benedisct had no deal supporting homosexual unions, he was very much against it.

Ubenedictus:


even a mad man believes the sane ones just don't understand. It all in your mind.

Pope Benedisct had no deal supporting homosexual unions, he was very much against it.

Not worth quibbling over.... Just watch things unfold.

starlingslimnet:
Not worth quibbling over.... Just watch things unfold.

there is nothing to quibble about, you have made a silly assumption that is contrary to the facts on ground, assumptions that are so suprious that you can't even be bothered to prove.

That is how people begin rumours.

This is what pope Benedict had to say about gay marriage for those who care to know the truth.


There is also a need to acknowledge and promote the natural structure of marriage as the union of a man and a woman in the face of attempts to make it juridically equivalent to radically different types of union; such attempts actually harm and help to destabilize marriage, obscuring its specific nature and its indispensable role in society.

These principles are not truths of faith, nor are they simply a corollary of the right to religious freedom. They are inscribed in human nature itself, accessible to reason and thus common to all humanity. The Church’s efforts to promote them are not therefore confessional in character, but addressed to all people, whatever their religious affiliation. Efforts of this kind are all the more necessary the more these principles are denied or misunderstood, since this constitutes an offence against
the truth of the human person, with serious harm to justice and peace.

www.ibtimes.com/pope-gay-marriage-pope-benedict-xvi-says-same-sex-marriage-unnatural-threat-justice-peace-942132

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www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-17320932
m.huffpost.com/us/entry/2344870