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Were Moses and Aaron attempting to free the opressed faithful of Rome?
Damn Bolsheviks!
Where are the Blackshirts when you need them?!
Perhaps, it is an early reminder to confession before accepting the Eucharist while assisting at Mass on All Saints Day – so many bloodied martyrs in and around Rome among them . . .
Looks like photoshop to me!
Is this a sign of the times?? :-)
The news agency ANSA reported that a box was found near the fountain containing leaflets by a group that claimed responsibility for the act. The leaflets said the red paint was a protest for expenses incurred in organizing the Rome Film Festival and symbolically referred to the event’s red carpet, ANSA reported.
Where’s the Legion of Christ when we need them?
I got most of the jokes, except the one from the Cynical Observer. Although explaining punchlines always ruins a joke, it would help me out a lot.
If we may believe the apparitions of Fatima, we know that in future the streets and fountains of Rome will become red not by a chemical substance, but by the blood of the priests, bishops (pope?), and its inhabitants.
It does look nice with the white marble though.
I suspect it was done in honor of the newly announced Cardinals-to-be. Perhaps it will feature prominent in Gamarelli’s upcoming TV advertising campaign, “Everybody in Galeros!”, based on an old GAP ad.
It’s just funny. Would’ve been a fun change when I would walk by the fontana on my way to class while I lived in Rome.
And if you don’t give us more Masses according to the Extraordinary Form, we’ll do ALL your fountains.
Were is Moses and the Pharaoh??? :-)
And I again: “Where Master, shall we find
Lethe and Phlegeton? You omit the first
And say this rain of tears has formed the second.”
“I am very happy when you question me,”
He said, “but the fact the blood-red water boiled
Should answer certainly one of your questions.
And Lethe you shall see, but past this abyss,
At a place where souls collect to wash themselves
When penitence has freed them of their guilt.
Dante Alighieri, Inferno, Canto XIV
Ecce sanguis modernistorum!