This is why I am a Catholic. The “Bonfire of the Inanities” image of JPII in flames arrives just as “sugar shock” artist Cosimo Cavallaro tries to resurrect his “Chocolate Jesus” sculpture (which rotates counter-clockwise. I think). Coincidence? Hardly. Get the two together, and all church problems solved!

David Gibson is director of the Center on Religion and Culture at Fordham University and an occasional contributor to Commonweal.

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