Tuesday, September 08, 2015

Pope makes a large impression


Maria Pia Negro Chin, "Mural of pope looks out over New York’s Madison Square Garden Mass site" (Crux, September 3, 2015):
NEW YORK — New Yorkers and tourists in Midtown Manhattan have been gazing up at a smiling Pope Francis at one of New York’s busiest intersections.

A 225-foot tall hand-painted billboard welcomes the pope, who will be in New York Sept. 24-26.

The welcoming message is located at the corner of Eighth Avenue and 34th Street, near Madison Square Garden, where the pope will celebrate Mass Sept. 25.

2 comments:

Scott Woltze said...

Umm, shouldn't the giant mural be of a monstrance or Sacred Heart image or something? Evangelicals must be (rightly) horrified at that kind of papolatry.

Chris Garton-Zavesky said...

Notice -- as of your picture -- that it hasn't been defaced.

(Looking for silver lining, I found this.)