Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni has promised that Italy, “with its unique expertise in restoration,” was “ready to get involved with the reconstruction of Odesa’s cathedral and other treasures of Ukraine’s artistic heritage.”
It’s a safe bet that Archbishop Ulrich and his acolytes never asked themselves about the transmission of the faith and the salvation of souls when approving these supposedly aesthetic choices.
On a tour of France’s cathedrals, Henri—now nicknamed “the hero with a rucksack”—crossed the path of the Syrian murderer and tried to protect the children from his attack.
The logo change is subtle, and visually unspectacular. Conceptually, however, the alteration is part of a larger pattern in western Europe of neglecting or erasing evidence of its Christian roots.
