Given half a chance, Pope Benedict XVI would no doubt like to
rehabilitate fellow German Adolph Hitler before fast tracking him to sainthood
in similar fashion that the Nazi Pope Pius XII or the Lunatic Pope Pius IX have
both been rehabilitated from their earthly crimes and fast tracked to
sainthood.
As I have stated here before, Hitler never officially renounced and
or “de-baptized” himself out of the Roman Catholic Church. Like the nuns in grade school taught me, all
he had to do was say an act of contrition before he died in order to gain
heaven.
Though I have also thought that
maybe saying an act of contrition while you are committing suicide might be a
moot point in the eyes of God and or Saint Peter who runs heaven not unlike his
so-called successors run Vatican City. Forgiveness would of course be measured against all material donations made to holy mudder church.
And of course if Hitler had won, I have no doubts in my mind that
Pius XII was ready to dust off the extinct title of “Holy Roman Emperor” for
the sake of a German boy making good in the world. His own good that is.
There is a rather bizarre tourist twist in Warsaw
whereby artist Maurizio Cattelan, who is just trying to push the envelope in decency
and or shock to sell his product which on occasion could be themed as
anti-religion or anti-RCC, has tastely placed a statue of Hitler kneeling
inside the old Warsaw Ghetto.
Kitsch art, blasphemy, marketing, whatever, here are
some words and pictures for your own judgement.
A statue of Adolf Hitler praying on his knees has sparked controversy after going on display in the former Warsaw ghetto.
The artwork by Italian artist Maurizio Cattelan, titled Him, has been installed in the Polish capital where thousands of Jews were killed or sent to their deaths by the Nazi regime.
The statue has attracted large numbers of visitors since its installation last month, but some organisations have criticised the decision to erect it in such a sensitive area.
Poland's chief rabbi, Michael Schudrich, said he was consulted on the installation's placement but did not oppose it because it conveyed a strong moral question by provoking the audience. …
The Hitler statue is visible from a hole in a wooden gate and viewers can only see the back of the small figure praying in a courtyard.
Cattelan has not made it clear what Hitler is praying for, although organisers of the exhibition in which it features claim the statue is meant to make people reflect on the nature of evil. …
He said he was reassured by the organisers who told him the statue did not aim to rehabilitate Hitler but instead show that evil can present itself in the guise of a "sweet praying child"."I felt there could be educational value to it," Schudrich added.
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