Bolivian President Evo Morales gave the Pope a cross mounted on the symbol for communism.

[pantsonfire]

Pope Francis has rebuked his host Evo Morales, the Bolivian president, after the left-wing South American leader presented him with a crucifix mounted on a hammer and sickle – the international symbol of the avowedly atheist creed of communism.

But Bolivian officials explained that the gift was a replica of a crucifix made by Father Luis Espinal, a human-rights activist who was killed by a paramilitary death squad in 1980. The Pope had earlier prayed at the site of the murder of his fellow Jesuit en route to the presidential palace.

[Warpy]

1. Good for him

There is nothing wrong with either of them. Both are seen quite differently outside this ignorant, puritanical country.

[malthaussen]

2. Well, strictly speaking, Communism is supposed to be atheist.

That one tries to combine them is not logical, but one assumes Father Espinal's heart was in the right place.

-- Mal

[pinboy3niner]

3. Pope Francis says he wasn't offended by 'communist crucifix' gift

Monday 13 July 2015

Pope Francis has said he wasn’t offended by the “communist crucifix” given to him by Bolivian president Evo Morales during his South American pilgrimage.

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During a news conference en route home to Rome on Sunday, Francis said he interpreted Morales’ gift through the prism of Espinal’s Marxist bent and viewed it as protest art.

After taking into consideration the time in which he lived, Francis said: “I understand this work. For me it wasn’t an offense.”

Francis added that he brought the crucifix home with him.

http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/jul/13/pope-francis-communist-crucifix-gift-bolivia