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There are a great many reasons why this collection of objects is unsuitable for display as the Vatican’s Nativity scene.

By Dr Joseph Shaw, LifeSiteNews, Dec 17, 2020

Dr Joseph Shaw has a Doctorate in Philosophy from Oxford University, where he also gained a first degree in Politics and Philosophy and a graduate Diploma in Theology.

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December 17, 2020 (LifeSiteNews) — This year, the annual tradition of the large-scale Nativity scene in St Peter’s Square descended into farce when the figures were revealed as childish and hideous products of artistic modernism. The figures were produced over the course of about a decade starting in 1965 and are reminiscent of the mediocre art of that time. One of the figures visiting the crib is an astronaut; others are unrecognizable. There is an angel represented as a bizarre, tower-like object with meaningless rings round it.

There are a great many reasons why this collection of objects is unsuitable for display as the Vatican’s Nativity scene. I leave it to art historians to decide whether it has sufficient historical importance to gather dust in a provincial museum somewhere. If it were not the season of goodwill, I might suggest it be crushed and used for road-building. But the simple and overwhelming point to make about it is that while it might claim to be religious art — art inspired by religious themes or values, or representing a scene with religious significance — it cannot possibly be described as devotional art. …

Why the Vatican Nativity Scene This Year Is So Unbearably Ugly, by Dr. Joseph Shaw

Just How Important is Joe Biden’s Faith Really? by Dr. Jeff Mirus

Daily Scripture Reading and Meditation: He Will Save His People from Their Sins

There are a great many reasons why this collection of objects is unsuitable for display as the Vatican’s Nativity scene.

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