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Portrait Of Pope Benedict Xvi Made Of Condoms Sparks Debates (photo) by sydraay: 1:56pm On Jun 30, 2015 |
See photo : http://www.edondo.com/2015/06/portrait-of-pope-benedict-xvi-made-of-condoms-sparks-debatephoto 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. |
Re: Portrait Of Pope Benedict Xvi Made Of Condoms Sparks Debates (photo) by Nobody: 2:00pm On Jun 30, 2015 |
Re: Portrait Of Pope Benedict Xvi Made Of Condoms Sparks Debates (photo) by Nobody: 2:02pm On Jun 30, 2015 |
Pope Benedict is the author of gay marriage. He made Obama president of America in exchange for Homosexualism. |
Re: Portrait Of Pope Benedict Xvi Made Of Condoms Sparks Debates (photo) by importexpert(m): 2:04pm On Jun 30, 2015 |
where are the photos? |
Re: Portrait Of Pope Benedict Xvi Made Of Condoms Sparks Debates (photo) by Nobody: 2:12pm On Jun 30, 2015 |
without religions this planet would be a paradise. |
Re: Portrait Of Pope Benedict Xvi Made Of Condoms Sparks Debates (photo) by ipreach: 2:23pm On Jun 30, 2015 |
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Re: Portrait Of Pope Benedict Xvi Made Of Condoms Sparks Debates (photo) by wordcat(m): 11:10am On Jul 01, 2015 |
You well at all? starlingslimnet: |
Re: Portrait Of Pope Benedict Xvi Made Of Condoms Sparks Debates (photo) by Nobody: 11:38am On Jul 01, 2015 |
wordcat:Sorry bro you can't understand the tongue with which I speak... it's meant for the elect of God. |
Re: Portrait Of Pope Benedict Xvi Made Of Condoms Sparks Debates (photo) by wordcat(m): 12:00pm On Jul 01, 2015 |
starlingslimnet: The 24 Elders you mean Don't even know you're one them |
Re: Portrait Of Pope Benedict Xvi Made Of Condoms Sparks Debates (photo) by Nobody: 12:02pm On Jul 01, 2015 |
wordcat:Keep calm and learn. |
Re: Portrait Of Pope Benedict Xvi Made Of Condoms Sparks Debates (photo) by Ubenedictus(m): 12:18pm On Jul 01, 2015 |
starlingslimnet: 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. |
Re: Portrait Of Pope Benedict Xvi Made Of Condoms Sparks Debates (photo) by Nobody: 12:23pm On Jul 01, 2015 |
Ubenedictus:I laugh anticlockwisely. You can never understand things. |
Re: Portrait Of Pope Benedict Xvi Made Of Condoms Sparks Debates (photo) by wordcat(m): 1:22pm On Jul 01, 2015 |
starlingslimnet: From Socrates |
Re: Portrait Of Pope Benedict Xvi Made Of Condoms Sparks Debates (photo) by Ubenedictus(m): 11:10am On Jul 02, 2015 |
starlingslimnet: 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. |
Re: Portrait Of Pope Benedict Xvi Made Of Condoms Sparks Debates (photo) by Nobody: 11:13am On Jul 02, 2015 |
Ubenedictus:Not worth quibbling over.... Just watch things unfold. |
Re: Portrait Of Pope Benedict Xvi Made Of Condoms Sparks Debates (photo) by Ubenedictus(m): 11:32am On Jul 02, 2015 |
starlingslimnet: 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. |
Re: Portrait Of Pope Benedict Xvi Made Of Condoms Sparks Debates (photo) by Ubenedictus(m): 1:58pm On Jul 02, 2015 |
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 |
Re: Portrait Of Pope Benedict Xvi Made Of Condoms Sparks Debates (photo) by Ubenedictus(m): 2:04pm On Jul 02, 2015 |
Feel free to add the following www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-17320932 m.huffpost.com/us/entry/2344870 |
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