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Italy's $4M 'Michelangelo' Triggers Furor

Mary Papenfuss — Mon, 25 May 2009 09:40:00 CDT

Did Michelangelo actually create a small (16-inch) wooden carving of a crucified Jesus or did the Italian government get taken for a $4 million ride? Some experts believe passionately that the piece, now on exhibit in Naples, is the work of the master. But as the BBC reports, others blast...

NYC Church Twitters Good Friday Ritual

Nick McMaster — Fri, 10 Apr 2009 15:27:17 CDT

A New York church is using Twitter to bring observance of Good Friday into the social-networking age, CNET reports. Trinity Wall Street is posting the Passion, 140-character piece by 140-character piece, from a set of accounts representing the characters in the story. The church already encourages the use of video...

Obama as Jesus Stirs Some Ire

Sam Gale Rosen — Tue, 03 Apr 2007 09:04:16 CDT

Another sculpture of Jesus is stirring protest this Holy Week—this time a work portraying Barack Obama as the savior. The Art Institute of Chicago has gotten a flood of angry calls over the piece in an exhibition of student work, close on the heels of the chocolate Christ brouhaha...

Chocolate Christ Show Cancelled

Caroline Miller — Sat, 31 Mar 2007 17:54:21 CDT

A nude chocolate Christ, sans loincloth, was pulled from a midtown Manhattan gallery yesterday after torrent of complaints from offended Catholics . Bill Donohue, head of the watchdog Catholic League, which orchestrated the protest, said the sculpture, intended for display during Holy Week, was "one of the worst assaults on Christian...