Re: RCC is satanic
The sculptor was Pericle Fazzini, and here is his vision for this starkly modern piece as quoted in his obituary in the NY Times:
The Vatican commissioned Mr. Fazzini to provide a work for its modern auditorium. The result was ''The Resurrection,'' a statue depicting Jesus rising from a nuclear bomb crater.
''Suddenly there came to me the idea of Christ preaching peace for 2,000 years, and the place where He prayed for the last time: the olive grove of Gethsemane,'' said Mr. Fazzini in a book about the work. ''I had the idea of depicting Christ as if He were rising again from the explosion of this large olive grove, peaceful site of His last prayers. Christ rises from this crater torn open by a nuclear bomb; an atrocious explosion, a vortex of violence and energy.''
Nothing Satanic about it. And that's no reptilian head, either - He was depicted with his hair streaming out to one side. What looks like wings to some people look like His burial cloths falling away to me.
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