Tucho Fernández Revives the Glory of the of the Church of Bygone Days
For example, Tucho likes to wear the purple of the cardinals, whenever he gets the chance.
He also needs a chauffeur and a car to cover the short walking distance from his private residence inside the Vatican to the palace of the Dicastery for the Destruction of the Faith, writes Caminante-Wanderer (26 June).
Now he has commissioned a portrait for the Dicastery's portrait gallery in Vatican City to immortalise himself.
Tucho Fernández hired Raúl Berzosa, a very talented and very expensive religious painter from Spain, whose school of art is classical realism, not exactly what one would expect from a "progressive prelate".
The artist presented the result on his Facebook page with the following words:
Cardinal Víctor Manuel Fernández.
Oil on canvas, 60 x 70 cm.
Canvas of the current Prefect of the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith.
Interestingly, Tucho is not depicted in the dull grey collared shirt that has become the trademark of Bergoglio's supporters, but in the splendour of the cardinals from previous days.
However, Caminante-Wanderer writes that there are rumours that the portrait published by Berzosa is not complete, "since it shows only the upper part of His Eminence's flawless body". A more complete version of the portrait has been published on Imgur.com:
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