Francis Church: Decadence Down to the Last Detail
An epigraph on a new installation in the Roman Basilica Santa Maria Maggiore, in front of the high altar, contains an embarrassing error.
On the left is a white cathedra standing on three steps. On the second step is engraved "Franciscus" in Latin, followed by "P.M.A.X.”
These abbreviations make no sense. The correct version would be “Pont. Max.” or “P.M.” for Pontifex Maximus (Supreme Pontiff).
Giovanni Maria Vian, a former editor of L'Osservatore Romani, calls this “yet another manifestation of an undeniable decline of artistic patronage, but more generally of the cultural level, in the Catholic Church” (EditorialeDomani.it, October 21).
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On the left is a white cathedra standing on three steps. On the second step is engraved "Franciscus" in Latin, followed by "P.M.A.X.”
These abbreviations make no sense. The correct version would be “Pont. Max.” or “P.M.” for Pontifex Maximus (Supreme Pontiff).
Giovanni Maria Vian, a former editor of L'Osservatore Romani, calls this “yet another manifestation of an undeniable decline of artistic patronage, but more generally of the cultural level, in the Catholic Church” (EditorialeDomani.it, October 21).
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