Remembering that the gospel reading for Palm Sunday has traditionally inspired anti-Jewish pogroms and violence. Marc Chagall d. March 28, 1985. His “White Crucifixion, 1938.”

Mar 28, 2021 · 4:57 PM UTC

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One of Pope Francis’ favorite paintings...
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This is a favorite of Pope Francis.
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That being so, why has the Church not modified the liturgy to lessen this? Or at least fixed the translations?! For example, by changing “the Jews” to “the temple authorities” or something more nuanced ?
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This is actually the precise opposite intent of the cross...that is, to critque and expose scagegoating and so called *redemptive* violence.