1.0Climate Change Dispatchhttps://climatechangedispatch.comThomas Richardhttps://climatechangedispatch.com/author/ccdeditor/The Pope and the Hammer and Sicklerich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="UhJDTQBj1l"><a href="https://climatechangedispatch.com/the-pope-and-the-hammer-and-sickle/">The Pope and the Hammer and Sickle</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://climatechangedispatch.com/the-pope-and-the-hammer-and-sickle/embed/#?secret=UhJDTQBj1l" width="600" height="338" title="“The Pope and the Hammer and Sickle” — Climate Change Dispatch" data-secret="UhJDTQBj1l" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript">
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Last week the Marxist quasi-dictator of Bolivia, Evo Morales, presented Pope Francis with a gift: a carved wooden hammer and sickle cross on which the figure of Christ is crucified. The Vatican announced that the pope had not been informed in advance about the gift. And some commentators said photos of the pope and Morales show that the pope was actually offended. That was a false — probably wishful — interpretation. The pope himself later announced that he was keeping the hammer and sickle crucifix and taking it home, saying, "I understand this work. For me it wasn't an offense." And as reported by The Guardian, "Vatican spokesman Federico Lombardi said he personally wasn't offended by Morales' gift." https://climatechangedispatch.com/wp-content/uploads/images_pics8_pope_sickle.jpg