A bishop has criticized the
setting up of a nativity scene with a migrant dinghy in the
middle of it in Castenaso near Bologna.
"Nativity scenes are fine but leave the manger alone"
Monsignor Ernesto Vecchi, auxiliary bishop emeritus of Bologna,
said on the subject of a nativity scene in the small town near
the Emilian capital.
Castenaso mayor Stefano Sermenghi chose to put Baby Jesus and
the Virgin Mary in a dinghy to draw greater attention to the
plight of migrants and the need to help them.
"The nucleus of a nativity scene," he added in an interview
with the local edition of 'il Resto del Carlino, "calls for the
child in swaddling clothing inside a manger and this must be
fully complied with."
The photo of this nativity scene will also be used by the
Castenaso municipality as the background for Christmas
postcards.
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