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'Homeless Jesus' sculpture rejected by two churches

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“Homeless Jesus had no home,” says the artist, Timothy Schmalz, who specializes in religious sculpture. “How ironic.”Schmalz cast "Jesus the Homeless" as a hooded figure sleeping on a bench, his only identifying feature being the crucifixion wounds in his feet.
Despite the message of the sculpture it was rejected by two prominent Catholic churches, St. Michael’s Cathedral in Toronto and St. Patrick’s Cathedral in New York, reports The Toronto Star.
Rectors of both cathedrals liked the bronze sculpture, but both the New York and Toronto archdiocese turned it down, he says.
“It was very upsetting because the rectors liked it, but when it got to the administration, people thought it might be too controversial or vague,” he says. He was told “it was not an appropriate image.”


Read more: 'Homeless Jesus' sculpture rejected by two churches - UPI.com

Well thats ironic. None the less would be a really cool art piece.
 
Great art. Wish I could have it.
 
Strange, Jesus WAS actually homeless for most of his ministry.

"Jesus replied, “Foxes have dens and birds have nests, but the Son of Man has no place to lay his head.” Luke 9:58, Matthew 8:20.
 
Nice sculpture, but I can certainly see what they mean by "vague". Nobody is going to see it and think it is Jesus. Although I guess it could be argued that is the point.
 
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